Environmental contaminants
When chemicals are released in nature, they can reappear in food, water and consumer products. Many different substances are found in food and water.
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Articles
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Fact sheet
Breast milk and environmental pollutants in Norway - fact sheet
The amount of environmental pollutants in breast milk has decreased significantly in recent years.
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Article
Energy-saving light bulbs: what to do if they break
Energy-saving light bulbs contain small amounts of metallic mercury. If they break, the mercury is released. This causes a minimal health risk, but dispose of all the glass and mercury carefully.
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News and research findings
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News
Infant growth affected by exposure to environmental pollutants
Even though the levels of two environmental pollutants have declined over the last 20 years, they may still have adverse effects on children’s development.
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Research findings
Environmental contaminants may reduce immunity
Exposure to environmental contaminants during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of infections during the first three years of life and a reduced response to childhood vaccines. This was found in two studies from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health from 2013 and 2012.
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Research findings
Can environmental contaminants cause lower sperm count?
The amount of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) that mothers had in their blood during pregnancy was correlated with their sons' semen quality at 20 years old.
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