Commission to test first-time mothers' blood for environmental chemicals

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Commission to test first-time mothers´ blood for environmental chemicals

Oct. 12 -- The Commission for Environmental Cooperation will conduct a North America-wide testing program to analyze the blood of first-time mothers for selected environmental chemicals.

Blood samples from 500 mothers will be tested for chemicals including dioxins and furans, PCBs, DDT, chlordane and lindane, as well as several toxic metals.

Sampling will take place in 15 sites in Canada and Mexico, and the United States will submit pre-existing data.

"The project will allow, for the first time, a basic comparison of the population of all three North American countries using data that were collected in a scientifically consistent manner," said Luke Trip, program manager for the CEC.

Persistent organic pollutants can adversely affect the kidneys, liver and other organs.

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