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PentaBDE in “organic" compost, DecaBDE in Birds

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2010-08-12 13:30
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Increasing flame retardant production and contamination problems in China

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2010-07-09 19:02
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Flame retardants and environmental justice: Lower income households have higher exposure

Are PBDEs an environmental equity concern?
Exposure disparities by socioeconomic status

Ami R. Zota, Gary Adamkiewicz, Rachel A. Morello-Frosch
Environ. Sci....

2010-07-01 21:59
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Toddlers have higher levels of flame retardants than their mothers

In a newly published study by Sonya Lunder et al., PBDEs were assessed in blood samples collected from 20 mothers and their children. The sum of PBDEs for children were about 2.8 times higher...

2010-06-29 17:45
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Two important releases on flame retardants

Below are excerpts from two interesting articles from yesterday:
1. A news article about chlorinated tris flame retardants in Ikea furniture from Slate
2. A press release from a UC...

2010-06-28 11:20
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FM550 flame retardant ingredients detected in 7 Arctic species

Firemaster 550 (FM550,) a mixture of four flame retardants that are either known to be toxic or lack adequate information, continues to be used in furniture and baby products to meet the...

2010-06-11 21:56
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PLEASE HELP: For the Gulf, it is death in the ocean from the top to the bottom

Our colleague and co-author Susan Shaw of MERI just returned from the Gulf where, accompanied by a London Times crew, she dove in the oil slick. Her informative short op-ed is attached. Please...

2010-05-25 19:13
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Bad news about increased usage and human toxicity of halogenated flame retardants

Three new messages with very worrisome news about both increased usage and human toxicity of halogenated flame retardants are below. This is in spite of the recent decaBDE phase out and the Green...

2010-05-25 18:54
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Prenatal flame retardant exposure reduces IQ in NY children

From an NPR program discussing flame retardants and neurodevelopmental effects.
"the kids with the highest exposure scored on average about five points lower in IQ than the kids with the...

2010-05-25 18:46
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Reduced human fertility linked to flame retardant exposure

The first research linking flame retardant exposure to reduced human fertility, carried out by Kim Harley, and collaborators, is available and described below in a press release from UC Berkeley...

2010-05-25 18:18
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