Harmful chemicals are found in household dust
Channel: EnviroHealthBerkeley
Date: 2014-09-26

TODD WHITEHEAD shows that harmful chemicals including PCBs and other flame retardants are found in household dust.  His studies show that such chemicals remain in dust for years.  Children are at greatest risk because they play on floors and tend to ingest dirt and dust.  He shows that flame retardants such as PCBs and PBDEs were found in dust samples collected during studies of causes of childhood leukemia.  

Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Leukemia and the Environment at the University of California Berkeley http://circle.berkeley.edu.  

Produced by Amy D Kyle and Jon Schainker.
 
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