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Environment
Chemical Contamination Linked to Early Puberty
December 31st, 2000
Foods that were contaminated in Michigan in 1973, when a fire retardant containing the chemical polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) was accidentally mixed with animal feed, have been associated with an early onset of menstruation and pubic hair in some daughters of the women exposed to PBB, scientists reported in the November 2000 journal Epidemiology. The daughters of the most highly exposed women began menstruation, on average, before they reached their twelfth birthdays. The study by scientists at Emory University and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Michigan Department of Community Health, was funded by...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2000-12-31)
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