Study links cat thyroid disease, certain furniture flame retardants
Chemicals, called PBDEs, also used in carpeting, fabrics, some pet food
By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, August 16, 2007
WASHINGTON — A new study suggests that a mysterious epidemic of thyroid disease in pet cats may be linked to exposure to dust that includes certain flame retardants from household furniture, carpeting and fabrics, as well as from the same chemicals in some pet food.
A report in Environmental Science & Technology, an online journal from the American Chemical Society, describes a study by Janice Dye, a veterinarian and PhD at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Research Triangle Park, N.C., and colleagues at Indiana University and the University of Georgia.
They say that evidence shows a link between the disease and exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, a type of environmental contaminant. PBDEs were introduced into certain household items about 30 years ago as a fire-prevention measure.
To read the journal’s report on the study, click here.
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