Polybrominated+diphenyl+ethers

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=Human Health=

PBDE’s are dangers in many different ways they can affect thyroid. The thyroid produces vitamin A. Vitamin A is important for vision. It also affects the liver witch is in the endocrine system. PBDEs play a big role with liver because the build up toxins and if your liver cant filters those toxins than it can cause a liver failure. The dangers of PBDEs are very slim as we know off right now but the long-term effect of them is what I'm worried about. PBDE’s are everywhere in the United States. When you sit on a couch you release PBDE particles they are every were. PBDE’s build up in people you can have a low amount of them depending on what you do and if you travel a lot. For people that travel they have more amounts of PBDE’s in there system. The reason for that is because air plans are dosed in them. The average number for PBDE’s in humans are 30 to 70 parts per billon. The question is does that affect use now and will the average go up. In lad test done with rats when exposed to high levels of PBDE’s it can cause neurological defects. There are different types of PBDE’s but the one used commonly in the U.S is deca. Deca was recently ban because of its high toxicity levels. The chemical manufactures stand on deca is that it is cost effective for fireproofing.

IT has been three years since the proposed ban of PBDES but lawmakers say that the type of PBDES deca can be replaced in beds by natural fabrics or the frame of the base could be fire retardant used by a different chemical. But to ban deca in TVs and computers would be a lot more difficult. Most of all deca use is in TVs and computers. The ban of deca would not affect the TV manufactures or the computer manufactures. Panasonic is already starting to use a safer and more efficient chemical called melamine. In the last ten years the levels of PBDEs have been increasing in wild life and human tissue.

=Economic=

Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether are mixed with plastics before they are shaped. It is because of this reaction the plastics retain a harder shell. Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) doesn’t bind chemically with plastics, and this is why they are mixed with them. PBDE's are Lipophilic, this means they bind chemically with lipids. PBDEs directly affect the thyroid system. If the thyroid system isn’t working properly this cant let the liver properly filter toxins. It has been proven that high levels of PBDES in your body can cause liver failer. If PBdes are banned nothing bad can come of it. Panasonic is already using a different type of chemical that can be used instead of PBDEs. And it isn’t breaking their bank. TV and computer manufactures can still make their product with out Pbdes and it won’t make a big cost difference. More than 40 percent of all PBDes are used in the United States. Background PBDE’s are used as fire retardants. They are used in most every day things we come into contact with. For example PBDE’s are in TV’s, rugs computers, stereos and curtains. They are also used in sealants ,coating also in adhesives. Its used in America but banned in the EU. This chemical slows down the process of a fire and it will let someone escape before the fire spreads. summary PBDES need to be banned because they are dangers to human health. They really have no help to the United States at all. The E.U has already banned them and they are not suffering finically. If the U.S stops putting PBDES in TV’s and computers it wouldn’t make a difference in cost. Certain types of PBDES have been banned but not deca witch is used in most electronics. There is a different type of chemically that is already in use by Panasonic that works just as fine as deca. In order for the U.S to ban deca. We need to prove to congress that it does affect humans and that PBDES can cause liver failure.

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