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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">PBDEs, or polybrominated diphenyl ethers, are an </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiHK/tabid/97/topic/Industry%20Consortium/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">industrial</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> toxic chemicals used as a flame retardant most commonly found in plastics, </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiST/tabid/100/topic/Softlines/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">furnishings</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">, and building materials, but are found in many household </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiEG/tabid/96/topic/Goods/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">goods</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">. Because of their toxicity and persistence, the industrial production and even </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiOR/tabid/99/topic/Recycle/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">recycling</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> of some PBDEs is </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiOR/tabid/99/language/en-US/Default.aspx?topic=Occupational%20Safety%20and%20Health%20Administration%20(OSHA)"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">restricted</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> under the Stockholm Convention, a treaty to control and phase out major persistent organic pollutants. In addition, there have been measures passed by state legislatures that prohibit the </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiLN/tabid/98/topic/Manufacturer/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">manufacture</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">, sale, or </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiCD/tabid/95/topic/Distribution%20Channel/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">distribution</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> of most items containing PBDEs.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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