Endocrine Disruption

TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors

2,3,7,8-tetrabromodibenzofuran

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CAS # 67733-57-7

Alternative Name

2,3,7,8-TBDF

Category*
Byproduct/Intermediate/Reactant

Evidence Supporting This Chemical as an Endocrine Disruptor

Hornung MW, Zabel EW, Peterson RE. 1996. Toxic equivalency factors of polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxin, dibenzofuran, biphenyl, and polyhalogenated diphenyl ether congeners based on rainbow trout early life stage mortality. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 140(2):227-234.

*Category References

Hornung MW, Zabel EW, Peterson RE. 1996. Toxic equivalency factors of polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxin, dibenzofuran, biphenyl, and polyhalogenated diphenyl ether congeners based on rainbow trout early life stage mortality. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 140(2):227-234.

WHO. 1994. Brominated diphenyl ethers. Environmental Health Criteria 162.

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