Breast milk contains flame retardants with exposure patterns similar to phased-out PBDEs

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* Breast milk contains flame retardants with exposure patterns

similar to phased-out PBDEs. <http://bit.ly/ieA1qP>

* 24 February 2011

New research in the UK reports that nursing infants are exposed

through breast milk to two commonly used brominated flame

retardants known as TBBPA and HBCD. Exposures via this source are

four times higher than exposures estimated for adults. While there

is much less information about the potential toxicity of these

compounds compared to PBDEs, available data suggest it may be

similar.

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open access:

Preliminary evidence of the in vitro effects of BDE-47 on innate immune

responses in children with autism spectrum disorders.

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19211157>

Ashwood P, Schauer J, Pessah IN, Van de Water J.

J Neuroimmunol. 2009 Mar 31;208(1-2):130-5.