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ReviewEnvironmental engineering science2018

Methods of Responsibly Managing End-of-Life Foams and Plastics Containing Flame Retardants: Part II.

Donald Lucas, Sara M Petty, Olya Keen, Bob Luedeka, Martin Schlummer, Roland Weber, Ramin Yazdani, Brian Riise, James Rhodes, Dave Nightingale and 5 more

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Review in Environmental engineering science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Donald LucasLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California.
Sara M PettyGreen Science Policy Institute, Berkeley, California.
Olya KeenUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Bob LuedekaPolyurethane Foam Association, Inc., Loudon, Tennessee.
Martin SchlummerFraunhofer-Institut fur Verfahrenstechnik und Verpackung, Freising, Germany.
Roland WeberPOPs Environmental Consulting, Göppingen, Germany.
Ramin YazdaniYolo County Public Works Department, Planning, Public Works, Environ Services, Woodland, California.
Brian RiiseMBA Polymers, Inc., San Ramon, California.
James RhodesUPSTREAM, Warwick, Rhode Island.
Dave NightingaleSpecial Waste Associates, Olympia, Washington.
Miriam L DiamondDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
John VijgenInternational HCH & Pesticides Association, Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark.
Avery LindemanGreen Science Policy Institute, Berkeley, California.
Arlene BlumGreen Science Policy Institute, Berkeley, California.
Catherine P KoshlandSchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is Part II of a review covering the wide range of issues associated with all aspects of the use and responsible disposal of foam and plastic wastes containing toxic or potentially toxic flame retardants. We identify basic and applied research needs in the areas of responsible collection, pretreatment, processing, and management of these wastes. In Part II, we explore alternative technologies for the management of halogenated flame retardant (HFR) containing wastes, including chemical, mechanical, and thermal processes for recycling, treatment, and disposal.

Indexed as

flame retardantshazardous materialssolid disposal

Identifiers

PMID29892191
PMCPMC5994147

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