Toddler’s behavior and its impacts on exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Lactational Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Its Relation to Social and Emotional Development among Toddlers

BACKGROUND Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been widely used as flame retardants and are ubiquitous environmental contaminants. PBDEs have been linked to adverse neurodevelopment in animals and humans. OBJECTIVES We investigated the association between breast milk PBDE levels and social and emotional development in toddlers. METHODS The Pregnancy Infection and Nutrition (PIN) and...

Lactational Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Its Relation to Early Childhood Anthropometric Measurements

BACKGROUND Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants that may influence growth and development. OBJECTIVE We investigated the association between exposure to PBDEs via breast milk and anthropometric measurements in early childhood. METHODS The Pregnancy Infection and Nutrition (PIN) Babies studies followed a cohort of North Carolina pregnant women and ...

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers: occurrence, dietary exposure, and toxicology.

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are used as flame retardants in plastics (concentration, 5--30%) and in textile coatings. Commercial products consist predominantly of penta-, octa-, and decabromodiphenyl ether mixtures, and global PBDE production is about 40,000 tons per year. PBDEs are bioaccumulated and biomagnified in the environment, and comparatively high levels are often found in a...

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polybrominated biphenyls in Australian sewage sludge.

This paper presents a brief review of the international scientific literature of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) in sewage sludge and a survey of these compounds in sewage sludge from 16 Australian wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The SigmaPBDE mean concentration in the Australian study was 1137microgkg(-1) dry weight (d.w.) (s.d. 1116) and ranged ...

Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in the Canadian Environment