Bromine

Partisan politics and lobbying by special-interest trade associations like the American Chemistry Council and the Bromine Council have successfully killed legislation introduced by environmental champions like Mark Leno before it can even get out of committee.

Francesca Vietor: Gov. Brown, Please Regulate Flame Retardants and Toxic Chemicals, For Our Children's Sake! Francesca Vietor 2011

Partisan politics and lobbying by special-interest trade associations like the American Chemistry Council and the Bromine Council have successfully killed legislation introduced by environmental champions like Mark Leno before it can even get out of committee.

Francesca Vietor: Gov. Brown, Please Regulate Flame Retardants and Toxic Chemicals, For Our Children's Sake! Francesca Vietor 2011

Partisan politics and lobbying by special-interest trade associations like the American Chemistry Council and the Bromine Council have successfully killed legislation introduced by environmental champions like Mark Leno before it can even get out of committee.

Francesca Vietor: Gov. Brown, Please Regulate Flame Retardants and Toxic Chemicals, For Our Children's Sake! Francesca Vietor 2011

Partisan politics and lobbying by special-interest trade associations like the American Chemistry Council and the Bromine Council have successfully killed legislation introduced by environmental champions like Mark Leno before it can even get out of committee.

Francesca Vietor: Gov. Brown, Please Regulate Flame Retardants and Toxic Chemicals, For Our Children's Sake! Francesca Vietor 2011

Bromine became the next big thing in 1857, followed by barbital, the first of the barbiturates.

The Chemistry of Calm M.D. Henry Emmons 2010

Bromine released in a volcanic plume causes extensive ozone destruction.

Dr. Douglas Fields: Volcanoes: Nature's Toxic Smokestacks 2010

Argument: — The scene is laid in a woodland glade in which the three beautiful sisters, Chlorine, Bromine and Iodine, are discovered wandering.

Variations (5): Tech rehearsal Matthew Guerrieri 2008

Argument: — The scene is laid in a woodland glade in which the three beautiful sisters, Chlorine, Bromine and Iodine, are discovered wandering.

Archive 2008-03-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008

Cause by the actions of Chlorine and Bromine, this destruction of ozone has profound implications for human health and the biological productivity of earth's ocean.

Antarctica 2009

In "Greening Consumer Electronics: Moving Away from Bromine and Chlorine," two non-profit environmental organizations, ChemSec and Clean Production Action, highlight seven companies, including Apple, Sony Ericsson and five component suppliers, that have "gone beyond compliance" (partly in anticipation of regulations) by claiming to have removed from their products most or all uses of the two widely used chemicals, which are linked to health and environmental problems.

"Green" electronics companies: What the honors mean—and don’t mean 2009