News Analysis
Flame Retardant Whack-a-Mole Continues
by Paula Melton
PBDEs going down
Nearly nine years after chemical companies voluntarily stopped manufacturing PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers), a small study has found that pregnant Californians showed a sharp decline in concentrations of PBDEs, which are persistent and bioaccumulative and are toxic to the endocrine and nervous systems.
Published November 1, 2013
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Melton, P. (2013, November 1). Flame Retardant Whack-a-Mole Continues. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/news-analysis/flame-retardant-whack-mole-continues
