Perinatal exposure to flame retardant alters epigenome, predisposing metabolic disease

Friday, December 13, 2019 - 13:20 in Health & Medicine

A new study showed that environmentally relevant exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE), a brominated flame retardant, through the umbilical cord and breast milk permanently changed liver metabolism in rats.

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