Background: Over the past 10 years, research into environmental risk factors for autism has
grown dramatically, bringing evidence that an array of non-genetic factors acting during the …

On the 30th anniversary of the Principles of Environmental Justice established at the First
National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit in 1991 (Principles of …

Human exposure to chemical contaminants in food has resulted into various health related
problems. To prevent and mitigate hazardous exposure to chemical contaminants in food, it …

In this paper, we have compiled and reviewed the most recent literature, published in print or
online from January 2010 to December 2012, relating to the human exposure …

Since the 1970s, an increasing number of regulations have expanded the use of brominated
and chlorinated flame retardants. Many of these chemicals are now recognized as global …

background: California children's exposures to polybrominated diphenyl ether flame
retardants (PBDEs) are among the highest worldwide. PBDEs are known endocrine …

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are a large group of different substances used in
numerous products to prevent fire hazards. Some of them are persistent in the environment …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) constitute an important group of brominated flame
retardants that have been massively produced and extensively used in numerous everyday …

Organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) are used as replacements for the commercial
PentaBDE mixture that was phased out in 2004. OPFRs are ubiquitous in the environment …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), extensively used in the past few decades as flame
retardants in a variety of consumer products, have become world-wide persistent …