Human exposure to polychorinated biphenyls and polybrominated biphenyls

The human health effects of exposure to polybrominated biphenyls.

The Human Health Effects of Exposure to Polybrominated Biphenyls. STROSS, J. K., SMOKLER, I. A., ISBISTER, J., AND WILCOX, K. R. (1981). Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 58, 145-150. Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) were inadvertently introduced into the food chain in Michigan in 1973. Fifty-one people with known exposure to PBB were studied. Twenty-three farmers with disabling health complaints, and 28...

O-25: The Effect of Environmental Contaminants Endocrine-Disrupting PBBs and PBDEs on Reproduction and Fertility Outcomes

Background: Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs) and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) are semi-permanent Halogenated compounds that are mainly used in flame retardant. These contaminants as endocrinedisrupting associated with dysfunction of immune, endocrine and nervous systems. Influence various physiological processes such as menarche, birth weight, fetus growth and development, head circumf...

Breast-milk monitoring to measure Michigan's contamination with polybrominated biphenyls.

In 1973 and 1974, several thousand Michigan dairy farms were contaminated by polybrominated biphenyls (P.B.B.) as the result of an industrial accident. An unknown quantity of contaminated meat and dairy products entered the food chain before contaminated farms were quarantined. To determine the extent of human exposure, P.B.B. concentrations were measured in human breast milk, which was collect...

Polybrominated biphenyls 74 Hazard assessment of Polybrominated biphenyls

Laboratory and human studies on polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and related compounds.

Similar qualitative toxic effects have been observed in animals for a class of halogenated aromatic compounds, which include the halogenated biphenyls, naphthalenes, dibenzodioxins, and dibenzofurans. All of these compounds are lipid soluble and persist in the environment and in mammals. The polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) are the most persistent. They are predominantly stored in fatty tissue; ...