The study shows that the content of brominated flame retardants in eggs from wild peregrine falcons is 400 times higher than that in eggs from falcons kept in cages.
There will be a review for additional exclusions within three years, together with an examination of three phthalates and one brominated flame retardant identified as priority.
It can also be converted into brominated dioxins.
It has taken almost ten years for brominated fire retardants, which are included in the list of priority substances, to be assessed at last.
Brominated flame retardants are found in human breast milk.
The issue of brominated flame retardants is an important one.
High brominated flame retardants were thought to have larger molecules and thus to find it more difficult to penetrate the cell membranes of living organisms.
This waste contains lead, cadmium, barium, mercury, brominated flame retardants and other chemicals and plastics that become hazardous when burned.
