Infants & Plastic with comments by Linda, Dr. Gordon
By Linda on Mar 15, 2011 in F.I.G.H.T., Toxins | comments(0)
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Surrounded By Plastic, NICU Infants Tested For Risk
by Jon Hamilton
May 19, 2009Critically ill newborns may help researchers figure out whether children are at risk from plastic additives called phthalates.
Scientists say the nation’s sickest newborns are exposed to unusually high levels of phthalates — chemicals in plastics that can mimic hormones — because they often spend days or weeks connected to feeding tubes, breathing tubes and intravenous lines made of plastic. And the exposure comes at a critical time in human development.
One doctor conducted a follow-up study by testing patients years after they were exposed to phthalates as infants in the neonatal intensive care unit.