Flame Retardant Pollutants and Child Development
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2015-07-13

PBDE fire retardant chemicals in the food supply may contribute to attention and cognitive deficits in children.

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I’ve previously talked about this class of chemicals in Food Sources of Flame Retardant Chemicals (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-sources-of-flame-retardant-chemicals/). The same foods seem to accumulate a variety of pollutants:
• Food Sources of Perfluorochemicals (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-sources-of-perfluorochemicals/)
• Food Sources of PCB Chemical Pollutants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-sources-of-pcb-chemical-pollutants/)
• Fish and Diabetes (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/video/fish-and-diabetes)
• Diabetes and Dioxins (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/video/diabetes-and-dioxins)
• Pollutants in Salmon and Our Own Fat (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/video/pollutants-in-salmon-and-our-own-fat)

Many of these chemicals have hormone (“endocrine”) disrupting effects. See, for example:
• Protein, Puberty, and Pollutants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/protein-puberty-and-pollutants/)
• Obesity-Causing Pollutants in Food (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/obesity-causing-pollutants-in-food/)
• Alkylphenol Endocrine Disruptors and Allergies (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/alkylphenol-endocrine-disruptors-and-allergies/)
• Dietary Sources of Alkylphenol Endocrine Disruptors (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dietary-sources-of-alkylphenol-endocrine-disruptors/)
• Dietary Pollutants May Affect Testosterone Levels  (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dietary-pollutants-may-affect-testosterone-levels)

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