Perinatal exposure to flame retardant alters epigenome, predisposing metabolic disease
Friday, December 13, 2019 - 10:10
in Health & Medicine
Studies have shown that perinatal exposure of rats and mice to common flame retardants found in household items permanently reprograms liver metabolism, often leading later in life to insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Now, research led by University of Massachusetts Amherst environmental toxicologist Alexander Suvorov, with co-authors in Moscow, Russia, has identified the … Continue reading Perinatal exposure to flame retardant alters epigenome, predisposing metabolic disease