Over a 24-hour period, they exposed the models to two common microplastics containing polybrominated diphenyl ethers, a class of brominated flame retardants. Researchers created their own ...

In fact, an April 2024 study published in an American Medical Association journal concluded that people who had the highest levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in their blood showed a ...

which measured levels of flame-retarding compounds called polybrominated diphenyl ethers. In mice and rats, high doses of PBDEs interfere with thyroid function, cause reproductive and neurological ...