Endocrine Disruption
TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors
1,2,3,4,7,8-hexabromodibenzofuran
CAS # 129880-08-6
Alternative Name
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxBDF
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.