Banned Flame Retardant Chemicals Present In Bloodstream Of Some Women, Study Indicates.

reported a study conducted by researchers at the Cancer Prevention Institute of California found banned flame retardant chemicals Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers, or PBDEs, in the bloodstream of “at least three-quarters” of the 1,253 women sampled, according to lead author Susan Hurley. The exposed women also showed “a small, but statistically meaningful increase in the blood levels of both chemicals over the four-year study period,” from 2011 to 20reported a study conducted by researchers at the Cancer Prevention Institute of California found banned flame retardant chemicals Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers, or PBDEs, in the bloodstream of “at least three-quarters” of the 1,253 women sampled, according to lead author Susan Hurley. The exposed women also showed “a small, but statistically meaningful increase in the blood levels of both chemicals over the four-year study period,” from 2011 to 2015. PBDEs were outlawed in the US in 2005. 15. PBDEs were outlawed in the US in 2005. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-environment-flame-retardants-idUSKBN1792BS