The PBDEs: an emerging environmental challenge and another reason for breast-milk monitoring programs.

Levels of the polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), a class of widely used flame retardants, appear to be rising rapidly in human tissues, as evidenced by studies of human breast milk. The case of the PBDEs illustrates the value of breast-milk monitoring programs in identifying important emerging...

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Autores principales: Hooper, K, McDonald, T A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2000
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1638037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10811563
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description Levels of the polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), a class of widely used flame retardants, appear to be rising rapidly in human tissues, as evidenced by studies of human breast milk. The case of the PBDEs illustrates the value of breast-milk monitoring programs in identifying important emerging pollutants, and highlights why such monitoring programs are needed in the United States. A review of the use, occurrence, and toxicity of PBDEs indicates many parallels between some PBDEs, PCBs, and other polyhalogenated persistent organic pollutants, and suggests that the PBDEs may be a significant environmental challenge in the future.
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spelling pubmed-16380372006-11-17 The PBDEs: an emerging environmental challenge and another reason for breast-milk monitoring programs. Hooper, K McDonald, T A Environ Health Perspect Research Article Levels of the polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), a class of widely used flame retardants, appear to be rising rapidly in human tissues, as evidenced by studies of human breast milk. The case of the PBDEs illustrates the value of breast-milk monitoring programs in identifying important emerging pollutants, and highlights why such monitoring programs are needed in the United States. A review of the use, occurrence, and toxicity of PBDEs indicates many parallels between some PBDEs, PCBs, and other polyhalogenated persistent organic pollutants, and suggests that the PBDEs may be a significant environmental challenge in the future. 2000-05 /pmc/articles/PMC1638037/ /pubmed/10811563 Text en
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The PBDEs: an emerging environmental challenge and another reason for breast-milk monitoring programs.
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title_full The PBDEs: an emerging environmental challenge and another reason for breast-milk monitoring programs.
title_fullStr The PBDEs: an emerging environmental challenge and another reason for breast-milk monitoring programs.
title_full_unstemmed The PBDEs: an emerging environmental challenge and another reason for breast-milk monitoring programs.
title_short The PBDEs: an emerging environmental challenge and another reason for breast-milk monitoring programs.
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