Prenatal Exposure to Flame Retardants Linked With Lower IQ in Children

Share it with your friends Like

Thanks! Share it with your friends!

Close

By Seth Pollard

A report in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives reveals that prenatal exposure to flame retardants may lead to lower IQ test scores in children. Further, the more of the chemicals a pregnant woman is exposed to, the more likely she is to give birth to a child with lower intelligence. [1]

In the meta-analysis, researchers calculated that every tenfold increase in exposure to flame retardants called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) was associated with a 3.7 point decline in kids’ IQ test scores.

Based on that calculation, PBDEs are even more detrimental to fetuses than lead – every tenfold increase in the …read more

Source: naturalsociety.com

    

  • Rating:
  • Views:434 views
  • Categories: Health