“…These include persistent organic pollutants (POPs) – polychlorinated bipehenyls (PCBs) (Kodavanti 2005; Gascon et al,
2013; Faroon et al,
2001; Buters et al,
2007; Fitzgerald et al,
2012; Chia & Chu, 1984); organochlorine pesticides (OCs) (Jurewicz et al,
2013b; Moses et al,
2010; Iwaniuk et al,
2006; Colosio et al,
2003; Lee et al,
2008b); dioxins and furans (Kodavanti 2005), and polybrominated biphenyl ethers (PBDEs) used as fire retardants (Kodavanti 2005; Buters et al,
2007; Fitzgerald et al,
2012; Widholm et al,
2003; Thomke et al,
1999; Michalek et al,
2001; Sweeney et al,
1993); BPA, widely used in the manufacture of plastic food containers and other applications (Viberg et al,
2011; White et al,
1997; Viberg et al,
2012; Yolton 2011); phthalates, widely used as plasticizers for polyvinyl chloride (Jurewicz et al,
2013a; Le Cann et al,
2011; Yolton et al,
2011), which are exuded from plastics; low molecular weight aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons (LMWHCs) and their chlorinated products which evaporate from gasoline, adhesives, paints and household products (Viaene, 2002; Maruff et al,
1998; Burbacher, 1993; ATSDR, 2001; Lammers et al,
2011); and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) which come from primary and secondary tobacco smoke inhalation and fuel combustion (ATSDR, 1995; He et al,
2012; Patri et al,
2009; Krivoshto et al,
2008). …”