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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Research findings
Children exposed to many environmental contaminants
Children across Europe are exposed to a wide range of contaminants in foetal life and childhood but their exposure varies by country and compound, according to a recent study.
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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
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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Projects
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Project
Prenatal exposure to toxicants and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive functions (NeuroTox)
Do maternal blood levels of perfluoroalkyl substances and different metals (e.g. mercury, lead, and arsenic) during pregnancy have negative effects on neurodevelopment in children?
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Plasma concentrations of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in pregnant women and the association with child's prenatal and postnatal growth.
We will investigate how exposure to PFAS during pregnancy can affect fetal growth within a large meta-analysis of European birth cohorts.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances in maternal plasma during pregnancy and duration of breastfeeding
The purpose of this project has been to investigate the association between maternal plasma concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and duration of breastfeeding.
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