Flame retardants are added to consumer products — and end up in the environment and harming aquatic wildlife.
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The higher the chemical levels found in a woman’s blood, the fewer eggs they had left in their ovaries.
Brief exposure to a family of chemicals used as flame retardants early in life can permanently alter fat levels in the blood and liver, raising the risk of liver cancer and heart disease.
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst
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PhD Candidate in Reproductive Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
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Senior Researcher, Chemicals and Female Fertility, Karolinska Institutet
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PhD Candidate in Reproductive Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
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Professeur titulaire, Centre de recherche en toxicologie de l’environnement (TOXEN), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
