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About a dozen states have banned two of the three types of PBDEs used in consumer goods, known as "octa" and "penta."

Wal-Mart bypasses federal regulators to ban controversial flame retardant 2011

Take a gander at the specs, and you'll see why I like to call it the "octa" system:

Remote Central's RSS News Feed 2009

The sky is divided into eight sectors and the octa number, between zero and eight, is based on the number of observed sectors containing clouds.

Factors affecting surface ultraviolet radiation levels in the Arctic 2009

Deca - and octa-brominated types of PBDEs are also produced outside of the United States (in China and Israel).

Public Health Statement for Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) 2008

There are three commercial PBDE products (i.e., penta -, octa -, and decabromodiphenyl ethers).

Public Health Statement for Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) 2008

Yes, there are health and environmental concerns over two other brominated fire retardants, "penta" and "octa," but their use was phased out in the U.S. several years ago.

Trevor Butterworth: The Worst Science Stories of 2007 2008

Among the PBDEs most widely used and most prevalent in animal tissues are the commercial mixtures: penta -, octa -, and deca-BDE.

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) 2008

U.S. industries stopped producing octa-BDEs voluntarily in December of 2004, though there is no federal ban on use of existing stocks.

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) 2008

I am quite sure that my colleauges and I read somewhere that the "thorpe" came from the governor of Georgia in the 17th c. and that the "octo" part was originally "octa" and had nothing to do with eight of anything.

languagehat.com: NEOLOGISMS. 2004

So a quick set-up with medium octa very close to the subject.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) 2010