The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #50420

Mehran Alaee, Atmospheric Contaminant Impacts Division, Environment Canada, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, ON L7R 4A6, Canada, 905-336-4752, kperry@psr.org

Two Canadian federal agencies, Environment Canada and Health Canada, are conducting national studies to determine the levels of PBDEs in the Canadian environment and the risks to public health. With the vast majority of PBDEs of concern produced in the Midwestern region of the U.S., the entire continent is at risk, with special implications for the aquatic ecosystems of the shared Great Lakes region.

Learning Objectives: Participants will learn

• What is known at present about the levels and trends of PBDEs in the Canadian environment and in pooled breast milk samples; and
• Future plans for national monitoring, human exposure, and health studies in Canada.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.