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===United States===
As of mid-2007 two states had instituted measures to phase out decaBDE. In April 2007 the state of [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] passed a law banning the manufacture, sale, and use of decaBDE in mattresses as of 2008; the ban "could be extended to TVs, computers and upholstered residential furniture in 2011 provided an alternative flame retardant is approved."<ref name=Stiffler2007April>Stiffler, Lisa. [http://www.seattlepi.com/local/311845_pbdes17.html Chemical ban puts industry on the defensive.] ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', April 16, 2007.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ecy.wa.gov/laws-rules/leg_imp/2007/1024.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122352/http://www.ecy.wa.gov/laws-rules/leg_imp/2007/1024.pdf |archive-date=2015-04-02 |dead-url=yes }}</ref> In June 2007 the state of [[Maine]] passed a law "ban[ning] the use of deca-BDE in mattresses and furniture on January 1, 2008 and phas[ing] out its use in televisions and other plastic-cased electronics by January 1, 2010."<ref name=NRCM2007>[http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=1568 Maine Legislature votes to ban toxic Deca flame retardant.]{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [[Natural Resources Council of Maine]], May 24th, 2007.</ref><ref name=MaineDemos2007>Maine House Democrats. [http://www.maine.gov/legis/housedems/news/deca_bill_signed_into_law%20.htm Governor signs deca ban bill into law: State will require phase-out of the flame retardant in household items.] June 14, 2007.</ref> As of 2007, other states considering restrictions on decaBDE include California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,<ref>[https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/revisor/pages/search_status/status_detail.php?b=Senate&f=SF0651&ssn=0&y=2007 SF0651 Status in Senate for Legislative Session 85<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Montana, New York, and Oregon.<ref name=Stiffler2007March/><ref name=NCEL2007>[http://www.ncel.net/newsmanager/news_article.cgi?news_id=175 Maine Joins Washington, Bans PBDEs.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070802103637/http://ncel.net/newsmanager/news_article.cgi?news_id=175 |date=2007-08-02 }} Washington, DC: National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, June 18, 2007.</ref>
On December 17, 2009, as the result of negotiations with EPA, the two U.S. producers of decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), Albemarle Corporation and Chemtura Corporation, and the largest U.S. importer, ICL Industrial Products, Inc., announced commitments to phase out voluntarily decaBDE in the United States by the end of 2013.[http://www.albemarle.com/?news=text&releaseID=1367378][http://phoenix.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=68079&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1367410&highlight], [https://web.archive.org/web/20110713001745/http://www.icl-ip.com/Brome/Brome.nsf/viewAllByUNID/6E5934724F9A52BEC22576930042E95A/%24file/Press_Release.pdf], [https://web.archive.org/web/20100118092730/http://www.epa.gov/oppt/existingchemicals/pubs/actionplans/deccadbe.html]
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==Alternatives==
A number of reports have examined alternatives to decaBDE as a flame retardant.<ref name=Lassen2006/><ref name=Leisewitz2001>Leisewitz, André, et al. [http://www.umweltdaten.de/publikationen/fpdf-l/1988.pdf Substituting Environmentally Relevant Flame Retardants: Assessment Fundamentals: Results and summary overview.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610141659/http://www.umweltdaten.de/publikationen/fpdf-l/1988.pdf |date=2011-06-10 }} Berlin, Germany: Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt), June 2001.</ref><ref name=Lowell2005>Pure Strategies, Inc. [http://sustainableproduction.org/downloads/DecaBDESubstitutesFinal4-15-05.pdf Decabromodiphenylether: An Investigation of Non-Halogen Substitutes in Electronic Enclosure and Textile Applications.] Lowell, MA: University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, April 2005.</ref><ref name=Posner2005>Posner, Stefan, and Linda Börås. [http://www.kemi.se/upload/Trycksaker/Pdf/Rapporter/Rapport1_05.pdf Survey and technical assessment of alternatives to Decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE) in plastics.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024133635/https://www.kemi.se/upload/Trycksaker/Pdf/Rapporter/Rapport1_05.pdf |date=2007-10-24 }} Stockholm: Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate, June 2005.</ref><ref name="Stuer-Lauridsen2007">Stuer-Lauridsen, Frank, et al. [http://www2.mst.dk/Udgiv/publications/2007/978-87-7052-351-6/pdf/978-87-7052-352-3.pdf Health and Environmental Assessment of Alternatives to Deca-BDE in Electrical and Electronic Equipment.] Danish Environmental Protection Agency, 2007.</ref><ref name=Pakalin2007>Pakalin, Sazan, et al. [http://ecb.jrc.it/documents/Existing-Chemicals/Review_on_production_process_of_decaBDE.pdf Review on production processes of decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) used in polymeric applications in electrical and electronic equipment, and assessment of the availability of potential alternatives to decaBDE.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512195131/http://ecb.jrc.it/documents/Existing-Chemicals/Review_on_production_process_of_decaBDE.pdf |date=2008-05-12 }} European Chemicals Bureau, January 2007.http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/111111111/5259</ref> At least three U.S. states have evaluated decaBDE alternatives:
* [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] concluded in 2006 that "there do not appear to be any obvious alternatives to Deca-BDE that are less toxic, persistent and bioaccumulative and have enough data available for making a robust assessment" and that "there is much more data available on Deca-BDE than for any of the alternatives."<ref name=WA2006>[http://www.ecy.wa.gov/pubs/0507048.pdf Washington State Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) Chemical Action Plan: Final Plan.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209205635/http://www.ecy.wa.gov/pubs/0507048.pdf |date=2007-02-09 }} Washington State Departments of Ecology and Health, January 19, 2006.</ref>
* [[Maine]] in January 2007 stated that bisphenol A diphenyl phosphate (also known as BDP, BPADP, bisphenol A diphosphate, or BAPP) "is not a suitable alternative to decaBDE" because "one of the degradation products is [[bisphenol A]], a potent [[endocrine disruptor]]."<ref name=Maine2007/> The report listed [[resorcinol]] bis(diphenyl phosphate) (also known as RDP), [[magnesium hydroxide]], and other chemicals as alternatives to decaBDE that are "most likely to be used."<ref name=Maine2007/>
* A March 2007 report from [[Illinois]] categorized decaBDE alternatives as "Potentially Unproblematic," "Potentially Problematic," "Insufficient Data," and "Not Recommended."<ref name=IL2007/> The "Potentially Unproblematic" alternatives were BAPP, RDP, aluminum trihydroxide, and magnesium hydroxide.<ref name=IL2007/>
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