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Persistent and bioaccumulative

EWG Research on Chemicals linked to Persistent and bioaccumulative


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Chemical Families related to Persistent and bioaccumulative: Organochlorine Pesticides (OCs), Metals, Lead compounds, Chlorinated dioxins & furans, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Phthalates, Brominated Fire Retardants, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), Perfluorochemicals (PFCs), Nitro- and polycylic- musks, Substituted benzenes

Routes of Exposure related to Persistent and bioaccumulative:

  • Consumer products: adhesives, carpets, cars, clothing, detergents, electronics, flooring, furniture, homes, inks, paints and coatings, plastics, rubber, solvents
  • Environment: agriculture, houehold dust, industrial water pollution, pollution, rain
  • Food: baby food, fatty foods, fish, food packaging, food residue, pesticide residue, popcorn, preservative
  • Found in people
  • Miscellaneous: building materials, electrical insulators, electrical transformers, manufacturing, medical, occupational, research, solvents
  • Personal care products: preservative
  • Water: sewage sludge, tap water

Related Chemicals

bht, pcbs (1016/1242), dibenzofuran, pcb-1260, pcb 1262, pcb-1254, pcb-1248, pcb-1242, pcb-1232, pcb-1221, view all...