Like fish, meat and dairy products -- especially those higher in fat -- are important sources of human exposure to dioxins, PCBs and brominated flame retardants. Food accounts for around 90 percent of human dioxin exposure. Though dropping, dioxin levels in food are high enough to have effects across a broad swath of the population. Dutch researchers found that women's higher dioxin exposure while pregnant was associated with more feminized play behavior observed later in both their boys and girls. Likewise, women's higher prenatal exposures to PCBs were associated with girls displaying more "masculine" behaviors and boys displaying more "feminine" behaviors.
An expert panel of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently advised reducing dioxin exposures by eating lower fat meat and dairy products. Our Smart Meat and Dairy Guide (in both short and long versions) incorporates IOM recommendations for reducing children's exposures to dioxin and PCBs, as well as brominated flame retardants.
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