Analysis of research studying the effects of polychlorinated biphenyls and related chemicals on neurobehavioral development in children

During the past 25 y numerous studies have been performed in infants and children to determine whether environmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane is causally associated with neurobehavioral effects. In add...

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Published inVeterinary and human toxicology Vol. 43; no. 4; p. 220
Main Authors Kimbrough, R D, Doemland, M L, Krouskas, C A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.2001
Subjects
Child
Child Behavior - drug effects
Child Behavior - physiology
Child, Preschool
Environmental Exposure - adverse effects
Environmental Pollutants - adverse effects
Humans
Infant
Nervous System - drug effects
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Neuropsychological Tests
Polychlorinated Biphenyls - adverse effects
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Summary:During the past 25 y numerous studies have been performed in infants and children to determine whether environmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane is causally associated with neurobehavioral effects. In addition, 1 episode of poisoning with PCDFs occurred in Taiwan in 1978. This poisoning outbreak is referred to as Yu-Cheng, oil disease, since the PCDFs and PCBs had accidentally contaminated cooking oil. In the aggregate the studies reviewed here show no conclusive evidence that environmental exposure to these chemicals affect the neurobehavioral development of infants and children.
ISSN:0145-6296