Butter contaminated by PBDE flame retardant
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 16:31
in Health & Medicine
A new study reports what scientists believe is the worst documented U.S. case of food contamination with polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants. The incident also marks the first time food contamination has been thought to result from PBDEs in a food's packaging.