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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in South China maternal and fetal blood and breast milk
Xinhui Bi,Weiyue Qu,Guoying Sheng,Guoying Sheng,Wenbing Zhang,Bi-Xian Mai,Dunjin Chen,Lin Yu,Jiamo Fu,Jiamo Fu +9 more
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The concentrations of total PBDEs ranged from 1.5 to 17 ng/g in the samples and were within the range reported in European samples for a similar population, but lower than human tissue levels in North America.About:
This article is published in Environmental Pollution.The article was published on 2006-12-01. It has received 230 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers & Environmental exposure.read more
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Human internal and external exposure to PBDEs – A review of levels and sources
TL;DR: This paper reviews the existing literature on human exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers, with particular focus on external exposure routes (e.g. dust, diet, and air) and the resulting internal exposure to PBDEs and shows that BDE-209 also accumulates in humans.
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Developmental neurotoxicity of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants
Lucio G. Costa,Gennaro Giordano +1 more
TL;DR: Levels of PBDEs causing developmental neurotoxicity in animals are not much dissimilar from levels found in highly exposed infants and toddlers, and these levels have been increasing in the past 30 years.
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Flame retardants in placenta and breast milk and cryptorchidism in newborn boys.
Katharina M. Main,Hannu Kiviranta,Helena E. Virtanen,Erno Sundqvist,Jouni T. Tuomisto,Jouko Tuomisto,Terttu Vartiainen,Niels E. Skakkebæk,Jorma Toppari +8 more
TL;DR: Two different proxies were used for prenatal PBDE exposure, and levels in breast milk, but not in placenta, showed an association with congenital cryptorchidism, and these observations are of concern because human exposure to PBDEs is high in some geographic areas.
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Exposure of electronics dismantling workers to polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorine pesticides in South China.
TL;DR: Serum PBDE concentrations did not correlate with PCBs or OCPs, whereas PCBs and O CPs showed positive correlations, suggesting that sources of PBDEs to humans are different from PCBs
Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants: environmental contamination, human body burden and potential adverse health effects.
TL;DR: Concerns on possible adverse health effects of PBDEs are focusing on their potential endocrine disrupting effects and on developmental neurotoxicity.
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Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in the Environment and in People: A Meta-Analysis of Concentrations
TL;DR: It is clear that the environment and people from North America are very much more contaminated with PBDEs as compared to Europe and that these PBDE levels have doubled every 4-6 yr.
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers: occurrence, dietary exposure, and toxicology.
TL;DR: Based on the scientific knowledge of today and based on Nordic intake data, the possible consumer health risk from PBDEs appears limited, as a factor of over 10 separates the estimated present mean dietary intake from the suggested LOAEL value.
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Certain organochlorine and organobromine contaminants in Swedish human milk in perspective of past 20–30 years
Koidu Norén,Daiva Meironyte +1 more
TL;DR: The accumulation and ongoing increase in the levels of PBDEs calls for immediate measures to stop the environmental pollution and human exposure toPBDEs.
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Is House Dust the Missing Exposure Pathway for PBDEs? An Analysis of the Urban Fate and Human Exposure to PBDEs
Heather A. Jones-Otazo,John Clarke,Miriam L. Diamond,Josephine A. Archbold,Glenn Ferguson,Tom Harner,G Mark Richardson,John Jake Ryan,Bryony H. Wilford +8 more
TL;DR: Inadvertent ingestion of house dust is the largest contributor to exposure of toddlers through to adults and is the main exposure pathway for all life stages other than the infant, including the nursing mother, who transfers PBDEs to her infant via human milk.
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Distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sediments of the Pearl River Delta and adjacent South China Sea.
Bi-Xian Mai,She-Jun Chen,Xiao-Jun Luo,Laiguo Chen,Qingshu Yang,Guoying Sheng,Ping'an Peng,Jiamo Fu,Eddy Y. Zeng +8 more
TL;DR: Analyses of two short sediment cores collected from the Pearl River Estuary showed that concentrations of BDE-209 rapidly increased in the upper layers of both cores, coincident with the growth of the electronics manufacturing capacities in the PRD region.