Flame Retardant Dilemma: 12 February, 2010

New Research on Human Health Impacts

Speakers:
Arlene Blum, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley,
On the toxicity of flame retardants in buildings and what to do about it

Asa Bradman, PhD, MS, Center for Children's Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health, UCB,
Exposure and Health effects of PBDE exposure in pregnant women and children in a California agricultural community

Judith Murawski, MSc, CIH, Industrial Hygienist, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA,
WELCOME ABOARD TOXIC AIRLINES - Exposure to flame retardant chemicals (and what can be done about it)

Mary Turyk, PhD, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago,
PBDEs and Human Health: Effects on Thyroid and Reproductive Hormones

Glenys Webster, MRM, Director, Chemicals, Health and Pregnancy study, U. British Columbia,
Do PBDEs impact maternal thyroid hormones?

Tom Webster, DSc, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University
Introduction to Human Exposure and Epidemiology of Flame Retardants