Title: PCBs and Impaired Cochlear Function in Children: Comparing Pre- and Postnatal Exposures

Julia R. Barrett, MS, ELS, a Madison, WI–based science writer and editor, has written for EHP since 1996. She is a member of the National Association of Science Writers and the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences. About This Article open Citation: Barrett JR. 2014. PCBs and impaired cochlear function in children: comparing pre- and postnatal exposures. Environ Health Perspect 122:A310; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.122-A310 News Topics: Children’s Health, Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Sensory Health Published: 1 November 2014 PDF Version (689 KB) Related EHP Article Prenatal and Postnatal Serum PCB Concentrations and Cochlear Function in Children at 45 Months of Age Todd A. Jusko, Renata Sisto, Ana-Maria Iosif, Arturo Moleti, Soňa Wimmerová, Kinga Lancz, Juraj Tihányi, Eva Šovčíková, Beata Drobná, L’ubica Palkovičová, Dana Jurečková, Kelly Thevenet-Morrison, Marc-André Verner, Dean Sonneborn, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, and Tomáš Trnovec High stability, the quality that made polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) so useful in hundreds of industrial and commercial applications during the mid-1900s, has ensured the compounds’ continuing presence in the environment despite decades of banned and restricted use.1 This class of more than 200 structurally related chemicals has been linked to both cancer and noncancer outcomes,1 and some studies suggest prenatal or early-life exposure to PCBs may adversely affect the ...
Source: EHP Research - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tags: Featured News Science Selection Children's Health November 2014 Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Sensory Health Source Type: research