Findings suggest that ECE environments are similar to other indoor environments such as schools and residences, and that mitigation strategies may be warranted to reduce exposures to some chemicals, especially formaldehyde. More research is needed to identify sources of toxicants and support outreach efforts to improve environmental quality.
Both prenatal and childhood PBDE exposures were associated with poorer attention, fine motor coordination, and cognition in the CHAMACOS cohort of school-age children. This study, the largest to date, contributes to growing evidence suggesting that PBDEs have adverse impacts on child neurobehavioral development.
The high variability we observed in children’s DAP metabolite concentrations suggests that single-day urine samples provide only a brief snapshot of exposure. Sensitivity analyses suggest that classification of cumulative OP exposure based on spot samples is prone to type II classification errors.
Results suggest that exposure to BPA during pregnancy is related to reduced total T4 in pregnant women and decreased TSH in male neonates. Findings may have implications for fetal and neonatal development.
Thomas E. Schmid, Patrick G. Grant, Francesco Marchetti, Rosana H. Weldon, Brenda Eskenazi, Andrew J. Wyrobek. Elemental composition of human semen is associated with motility and genomic sperm defects among older men. Human Reproduction. Oct. 2012. BACKGROUND Older men tend to have poorer semen quality and are generally at higher risks for infertility and abnormal reproductive outcomes. METHODS We employed proton-induced X-ray [...]
Chevrier J, Gunier RB, Bradman A, Holland NT, Calafat AM, Eskenazi B, Harley KG. Maternal Urinary Bisphenol A during Pregnancy and Maternal and Neonatal Thyroid Function in the CHAMACOS Study. Environ Health Perspect (): .doi:10.1289/ehp.1205092 Abstract Background: Bisphenol A is widely used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastic bottles, food and beverage cans linings, thermal [...]
Huen K, Bradman A, Harley K, Yousefi P, Boyd Barr D, Eskenazi B, Holland N. Organophosphate pesticide levels in blood and urine of women and newborns living in an agricultural community. Environmental Research. 2012 Jun 8. [Epub ahead of print]
Bradman A, Castorina R, Sjödin A, Fenster L, Jones RS, Harley KG, Chevrier J, Holland NT, Eskenazi B. Factors Associated with Serum Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) Levels Among School-Age Children in the CHAMACOS Cohort. Environ Sci Technol. 2012 Jun 1.
Warner M, Mocarelli P, Samuels S, Needham L, Brambila P, Eskenazi B. Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Dec;119(12):1700-5. Epub 2011 Apr 2.
Weldon RH, Barr DB, Trujillo C, Bradman A, Holland N, Eskenazi B. J Environ Monit. 2011 Oct 19.
