On May 30, 2017, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a report entitled “Exposure of children and unborn children to selected chemical substances.” The report focuses on the overall exposure of children under three years of age and pregnant women/unborn children to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and neurotoxic substances. The Danish EPA identified the following substances as most significant in terms of increased risk for endocrine disrupting effects: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dioxins, bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP, CAS 117-81-7), dibutyl phthalate (DBP, CAS 84-74-2), diisobutyl phthalate (DiBP, CAS 84-69-5), bisphenol A (CAS 80-05-7), butylated hydroxy anisole (BHA, CAS 25013-16-5), and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT, CAS 128-37-0). The most relevant neurotoxic substances were found to be: Lead (CAS 7439-92-1), PCBs and dioxins, mercury (CAS 7439-97-6) and methyl mercury (CAS 22967-92-6), BPA, and acrylamide (CAS 79-06-1). For all of these substances, food is the main source of exposure which is “thus is likely to be recurring,” the report notes.

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Danish Environmental Protection Agency (May 30, 2017). “Exposure of children and unborn children to selected chemical substances.

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Danish Environmental Protection Agency (April 2017). “Exposure of children and unborn children to selected chemical substances.(pdf)

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