People living in North America have the highest levels of the persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and scientists have speculated for years about whether they could be coming from the dust in people's homes.Kellyn Betts discusses the first definitive evidence that dust is a source and why the EPA's new Integrated Risk Information System evaluations of the PBDEs suggest that some children could be at risk from exposure to the dust found in North American homes.
Haase Comments - Sadly, this passes as "current" news when it has been thoroughly documented by EPA for decades???
- What are PBDE's and where are they found?
- Why do we use flame retardant chemicals?
- Three types of PBDE formulations
- PBDE's in the environment
- The health effects of PBDE's
- Limiting exposure to PBDE's
- Reduce PBDE's in the environment