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==Composition, uses, and production==
'''Commercial decaBDE''' is a technical mixture of
DecaBDE is a [[flame retardant]]. The chemical "is always used in conjunction with [[antimony trioxide]]" in [[polymer]]s, mainly in "high impact polystyrene (HIPS) which is used in the television industry for cabinet backs."<ref name="JRC" /> DecaBDE is also used for "polypropylene drapery and upholstery fabric" by means of backcoating and "may also be used in some synthetic carpets."<ref name="JRC" />
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As stated in a 2006 review, "Deca-BDE has long been characterized as an environmentally stable and inert product that was not capable of degradation in the environment, not toxic, and therefore of no concern."<ref name=Alcock2006>{{cite journal |vauthors=Alcock RE, Busby J |title=Risk migration and scientific advance: the case of flame-retardant compounds |journal=Risk Anal. |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=369–81 |date=April 2006 |pmid=16573627 |doi=10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00739.x |s2cid=37119476 }}</ref> However, "some scientists had not particularly believed that Deca-BDE was so benign, particularly as evidence to this effect came largely from the industry itself."<ref name=Alcock2006/> One problem in studying the chemical was that "the detection of Deca-BDE in environmental samples is difficult and problematic"; only in the late 1990s did "analytical advances... allow detection at much lower concentrations."<ref name=Alcock2006/>
DecaBDE is released by
===The question of debromination===
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==Possible health effects in humans==
In 2004, ATSDR wrote "Nothing definite is known about the health effects of PBDEs in people. Practically all of the available information is from studies of laboratory animals. Animal studies indicate that commercial decaBDE mixtures are generally much less toxic than the products containing lower brominated PBDEs.
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