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Chemicals in your living room cause diabetes – UC Riverside
A new UC Riverside study shows flame retardants found in nearly every American home cause mice to give birth to offspring that become diabetic.
A new UC Riverside study shows flame retardants found in nearly every American home cause mice to give birth to offspring that become diabetic.
Flame retardants in the home are nearly impossible to avoid, and transfer from mothers to offspring in mice.
These flame retardants, called PBDEs, have been associated with diabetes in adult humans. This study demonstrates that PBDEs cause diabetes in mice only exposed to the chemical through their mothers.
The mice received PBDEs from their mothers while…
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