Article: Studies from School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences describe new findings in cord blood.

New investigation results, 'Birth delivery mode modifies the associations between prenatal polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) and neonatal thyroid hormone levels,' are detailed in a study published in Environmental Health Perspectives. "Developing infants may be especially sensitive to hormone disruption from chemicals including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). We investigated relationships between cord serum levels of PCBs and PBDEs and thyroid hormones measured in cord blood serum and neonatal blood spots," scientists in the United States report (see also Cord Blood).

"We measured ...

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