Flooding of farmland does not increase levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in milk, study suggests
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 14:30
in Earth & Climate
As millions of acres of farmland in the US Midwest and South recover from Mississippi River flooding, scientists report that river flooding can increase levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in farm soils. But the higher levels apparently do not find their way into the milk produced by cows that graze on these lands, according to a new study.