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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Flame-retardant exposure increases thyroid disease risk in women
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<blockquote data-quote="Nelson Vergel" data-source="post: 42526" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>The use of PBDEs as flame retardants have been phased out or banned in some countries, and updated California fire safety standards no longer require PBDEs or other flame retardant chemicals to be used in furniture [<a href="http://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-016-0141-0#CR18" target="_blank">18</a>]. However, exposure is expected to continue for several decades because of the reservoir of these chemicals that exist in consumer products that have long durations of use (e.g. couches), and the environmental stability of PBDEs. </p><p></p><p>“Perhaps the most striking and unique finding in this study is that the odds of having a current thyroid problem associated with PBDEs are so much higher in postmenopausal women,” the researchers wrote. “One hypothesis is that this is related to the change in hormone concentrations in postmenopausal women and the affinity of PBDEs to binding sites for both estrogen and thyroid hormones.”</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-016-0141-0" target="_blank">http://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-016-0141-0</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nelson Vergel, post: 42526, member: 3"] The use of PBDEs as flame retardants have been phased out or banned in some countries, and updated California fire safety standards no longer require PBDEs or other flame retardant chemicals to be used in furniture [[URL="http://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-016-0141-0#CR18"]18[/URL]]. However, exposure is expected to continue for several decades because of the reservoir of these chemicals that exist in consumer products that have long durations of use (e.g. couches), and the environmental stability of PBDEs. “Perhaps the most striking and unique finding in this study is that the odds of having a current thyroid problem associated with PBDEs are so much higher in postmenopausal women,” the researchers wrote. “One hypothesis is that this is related to the change in hormone concentrations in postmenopausal women and the affinity of PBDEs to binding sites for both estrogen and thyroid hormones.” [url]http://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-016-0141-0[/url] [/QUOTE]
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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Flame-retardant exposure increases thyroid disease risk in women
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