Re: Article: prenatal exposure to flame-retandants affects neurodevelopment. DUH.

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Okay, I'm sorry but this drives me crazy! The types of laws that drive these

types of requirements by the government are generally instigated out of

relatively few highly publicized badd occurences. SO lets poison everybody

because a handful of people fell asleep while smoking!

Okay yes thats an oversimplification but the essence is true. Protecting us

from ourselves is killing us slowly and causing our children to know a much

reduced quality of life than we had.

Whew! Okay I'm better now It just seems almost insurmountable. All the

crap-the chemicals-that are in everything. I thought about growing my own

vegetables but Hell! I don't know whats in my soil either! For all I know the

guy who owned my house before me used to bury his motor oil in the back yard!

As you can tell I'm a little overwhelmed at the moment and considering becoming

a drunk It will be difficult because I don't like to drink that much....but

something has to give and get easier Thanks for listening!

SHannon

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> Prenatal Exposure to Flame-Retardant Compounds Affects Neurodevelopment of

Young Children

> Prenatal exposure to ambient levels of flame retardant compounds called

polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) is associated with adverse

neurodevelopmental effects in young children, according to researchers at the

Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia

University's Mailman School of Public Health.

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> The study is online in Environmental Health Perspectives and will be released

in the April 2010 print issue.

> PBDEs are endocrine-disrupting chemicals and widely used flame-retardant

compounds that are applied to a broad array of textiles and consumer products,

including mattresses, upholstery, building materials, and electronic equipment.

Because the compounds are additives rather than chemically bound to consumer

products, they can be released into the environment. Human exposure may occur

through dietary ingestion or through inhalation of dust containing PBDEs.

> The researchers found that children with higher concentrations of PBDEs in

their umbilical cord blood at birth scored lower on tests of mental and physical

development between the ages of one and six. Developmental effects were

particularly evident at four years of age, when verbal and full IQ scores were

reduced 5.5 to 8.0 points for those with the highest prenatal exposures.

> " The neurodevelopmental effects of prenatal exposure to PBDEs have not

previously been studied among children in North America, where levels are

typically higher than in Europe or Asia, " said Herbstman, PhD, first

author on the paper and a research scientist in Environmental Health Sciences at

the Mailman School of Public Health. " The findings are consistent with effects

observed in animal studies and, if replicated in other North American

populations, they could have important public health implications. "

> Frederica Perera, DrPh, professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the

Mailman School, CCCEH Director, and coauthor added, " These findings are of

potential concern, because IQ is a predictor of future educational performance;

and the observed reductions in IQ scores are in the range seen with low level

lead exposure. " This research underscores the need for preventive policies to

reduce toxic exposures occurring in utero. "

> The investigators controlled for factors that have previously been linked to

neurodevelopment in other studies, including ethnicity, mother's IQ, child's

sex, gestational age at birth, maternal age, prenatal exposure to environmental

tobacco smoke, maternal education, material hardship, and breast feeding.

> The study is part of a broader project examining the effects of chemicals

released by the World Trade Center's destruction on pregnant women and their

children. However, residential proximity to the World Trade Center site did not

affect levels of PBDE exposure.

> Other investigators from the Mailman School of Public Health or the Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention are s Sjödin, PhD, Kurzon, MS,

Sally A. Lederman, PhD, S. , Virginia Rauh, PhD, Larry L. Needham,

PhD, Deliang Tang, MD, DrPH, Niedzwiecki, and Y. Wang, DO.

> The study was funded by the National Institutes of Environmental Health

Sciences, the New York Community Trust, the New York Times Company Foundation,

and the September 11 Children's Fund.

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[Guest guest]

In a typical fire where a child is involved, my guess is the smoke from that

fire will kill a child long before their mattress goes up in flames. It is an

poorly thought out plan that has horrendous consequences.

Better yet, let's work on reducing the number of smokers.

Pam

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> > Prenatal Exposure to Flame-Retardant Compounds Affects Neurodevelopment of

Young Children

> > Prenatal exposure to ambient levels of flame retardant compounds called

polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) is associated with adverse

neurodevelopmental effects in young children, according to researchers at the

Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia

University's Mailman School of Public Health.

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> > The study is online in Environmental Health Perspectives and will be

released in the April 2010 print issue.

> > PBDEs are endocrine-disrupting chemicals and widely used flame-retardant

compounds that are applied to a broad array of textiles and consumer products,

including mattresses, upholstery, building materials, and electronic equipment.

Because the compounds are additives rather than chemically bound to consumer

products, they can be released into the environment. Human exposure may occur

through dietary ingestion or through inhalation of dust containing PBDEs.

> > The researchers found that children with higher concentrations of PBDEs in

their umbilical cord blood at birth scored lower on tests of mental and physical

development between the ages of one and six. Developmental effects were

particularly evident at four years of age, when verbal and full IQ scores were

reduced 5.5 to 8.0 points for those with the highest prenatal exposures.

> > " The neurodevelopmental effects of prenatal exposure to PBDEs have not

previously been studied among children in North America, where levels are

typically higher than in Europe or Asia, " said Herbstman, PhD, first

author on the paper and a research scientist in Environmental Health Sciences at

the Mailman School of Public Health. " The findings are consistent with effects

observed in animal studies and, if replicated in other North American

populations, they could have important public health implications. "

> > Frederica Perera, DrPh, professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the

Mailman School, CCCEH Director, and coauthor added, " These findings are of

potential concern, because IQ is a predictor of future educational performance;

and the observed reductions in IQ scores are in the range seen with low level

lead exposure. " This research underscores the need for preventive policies to

reduce toxic exposures occurring in utero. "

> > The investigators controlled for factors that have previously been linked to

neurodevelopment in other studies, including ethnicity, mother's IQ, child's

sex, gestational age at birth, maternal age, prenatal exposure to environmental

tobacco smoke, maternal education, material hardship, and breast feeding.

> > The study is part of a broader project examining the effects of chemicals

released by the World Trade Center's destruction on pregnant women and their

children. However, residential proximity to the World Trade Center site did not

affect levels of PBDE exposure.

> > Other investigators from the Mailman School of Public Health or the Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention are s Sjödin, PhD, Kurzon, MS,

Sally A. Lederman, PhD, S. , Virginia Rauh, PhD, Larry L. Needham,

PhD, Deliang Tang, MD, DrPH, Niedzwiecki, and Y. Wang, DO.

> > The study was funded by the National Institutes of Environmental Health

Sciences, the New York Community Trust, the New York Times Company Foundation,

and the September 11 Children's Fund.

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