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  • Tests reveal high chemical levels in kids' bodies

    10/23/2007 8:20:13 AM PDT · by yankeesdoodle · 74 replies · 84+ views
    CNN ^ | 10-22-07 | Jordana Miller
    "[Rowan's] been on this planet for 18 months, and he's loaded with a chemical I've never heard of," Holland, 37, said. "He had two to three times the level of flame retardants in his body that's been known to cause thyroid dysfunction in lab rats." The technology to test for these flame retardants -- known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) -- and other industrial chemicals is less than 10 years old. Environmentalists call it "body burden" testing, an allusion to the chemical "burden," or legacy of toxins, running through our bloodstream. Scientists refer to this testing as "biomonitoring." Most Americans...