Prenatal exposure to flame-retardant compounds affects neurodevelopment of young children

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 09:42 in Health & Medicine

Prenatal exposure to ambient levels of flame retardant compounds called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) is associated with adverse neurodevelopmental effects in young children, according to researchers at the Columbia Centre for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health...

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