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Flame Retardants in Puget Sound Residents
A Study of Toxic Body Burdens
A study of flame retardants in women in Puget Sound confirms that PBDEs have been rapidly building up in people and the environment, and suggest that all northwesterners are contaminated with PBDEs.
February 24, 2004
- Elisa Murray
In February 2004, Sightline Institute , in partnership with Washington Toxics Coalition, released a report on levels of toxic flame retardants (PBDEs) found in the bodies of Puget Sound mothers. The analysis is the first set of results from a larger Sightline study on body burdens in northwesterners. We released the final report on PBDEs in the Northwest on September 29, 2004; please go here. And read more about our pollution monitoring project here.
The report found high levels of toxic flame retardants in every woman tested. Levels of the chemicals--called PBDEs, or polybrominated diphenyl ethers--were found in milk samples donated by nine Puget Sound women at levels 20 to 40 times higher than levels found in European and Japanese women.
The report and press materials are posted below.
Press materials
- Press release: Toxic flame retardants found in Puget Sound women (pdf)
- Benefits of breastfeeding
- September 2004 report: PBDEs in the bodies of Northwest residents
- Sightline's pollution indicator
Publication date: 02/24/2004 |
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Pages: 19 |
Publication type: Report
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