Released Thursday, August 25, 2005

Media contacts:

• Elisa Murray
  Sightline Communications Director
  elisa@sightline.org
  206-447-1880 ext. 111
• Ron Baker
  California EPA, Department of Toxic Substances Control
  916-324-3142, rbaker@dtsc.ca.gov

A new analysis by California EPA scientists of Sightline Institute's data on levels of toxics in 40 Northwest mothers (from BC, WA, OR, and MT) was released at an international scientific conference, "Dioxin 2005," in Toronto, on August 25, 2005. The paper is a follow-up to Sightline's 2004 study of toxic chemicals in 40 mothers.

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Press materials

• Press release

• Press release for British Columbia

• Abstract of Dioxin 2005 paper by California EPA's Hazardous Materials Laboratory (pdf, for registered users)

• Regional data sheet for BC, Montana, Oregon, and Washington
• Meet the moms
  

Other materials

• Sightline Institute's 2004 study (pdf, for registered users)
  PBDEs in the bodies of northwesterners
• Q&A on PBDEs and PCBs
• Q&A on health concerns about PBDEs and PCBs
• One-minute film on the PBDE story
• What you can do to protect yourself against PBDEs
• Why breastfeeding is best
• More information: Recent research, news, and links
• Talking points on contaminants in human milk (pdf)
• Meet the moms: Profiles of mothers in the study