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A toxic compound that
was established as a federal hazardous air pollutant in 1993. Sources of
vinyl bromide may include rubber substitution, flame-retarding treatment
of acrylics, laminating, and/or preparing films. It is also important to
point out that vinyl bromide may be the result of the atmospheric
degradation of 1,2―dibromoethane. Based on a typical atmospheric gas phase
reaction with a hydroxyl radical, the lifetime of vinyl bromide in the
atmosphere is between 1.5 and 2.1 days resulting in the products
formaldehyde and formyl bromide.
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