Saturday, July 18, 2009

Potential Neurotoxin Could Be in Our Food

Potential Neurotoxin Could Be in Our Food
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/pbde/

"Long after a potentially neurotoxic flame retardant is off the market, it could linger in our food chain.  One of the most comprehensive analyses yet of human exposure to PBDEs, or polybrominated diphenyl ethers, shows that the chemical — long used in everything from computers to sleeping bags — enters humans through their diets, not just their household."

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