Associations of concurrent PCB and PBDE serum concentrations with executive functioning in adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are ubiquitous environmental chemicals that have long half-lives. Humans are exposed to PCBs and PBDEs mainly through diet, and relative to other populations, those who consume sport-caught fish generally have elevated body burdens. Numerous studies have found associations between prenatal exposure to these chemicals and neurodevelopmental deficits, but there are few studies assessing the impact of exposure during adolescence, a period of rapid development of executive functions. We assessed executive functions in adolescents at risk for exposure to PCBs and PBDEs through consumption of fish from the Lower Fox River and other contaminated waters in northeastern Wisconsin. Between 2007 and 2012, a sample of 115 12-1

SUBMITTER: Sprowles JLN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9271596 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature