Toxic chemicals and children’s health in North America; Familial PBDEs; Phthlate dermatitis

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Toxic chemicals and children’s health in North America.

Almost half a million tons each of carcinogens and of recognized

developmental and reproductive toxicants were released and transferred by

industrial facilities in Canada and the US in 2002. Among the released

chemicals were lead, mercury, PCBs, dioxins and furans, phthalates and

manganese, all substances of concern to children's health. Release amounts

decreased from 1998 to 2002.

Published by North American Commission for Environmental ation.

Familial PBDEs

In a study of one family, scientists found that the children had 2-15-fold

higher levels than their parents of the six major PBDE congeners. The

parent's levels were similar to the previously reported US median

concentration, while the children were near the maximum. The children's

levels were within the range that causes adverse effects in animals. EHP.

http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2006/8554/abstract.html

Phthlate dermatitis

Experiments with mice reveal that exposure to environmentally-relevant

levels of the phthalate DEHP caused atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions to

get worse in mice. The exposure level sufficient to cause adverse effects

is comparable to recent estimates of the daily exposure of Americans and a

thousand-fold lower than the no-effect level based on liver damage. The

researchers propose that ubiquitous use of DHEP has contributed to

widespread increases in immune diseases like atopic dermatitis. EHP

http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2006/8985/abstract.html

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