Modern chemical exposures in utero and in infancy, and their impact upon early neurodevelopmental outcomes in the Barwon Infant Study, an unselected birth cohort study

我是一名儿科医生，对现代工业化学品对儿童发育的影响感兴趣。即使在子宫中，婴儿也会接触到工业化学品，我们知道有些化学品，如铅，对大脑发育有害。我对现在被怀疑会影响发育的其他化学物质感兴趣，包括多溴联苯酯(PBDEs)，我打算将这一点作为巴旺婴儿研究的一部分进行调查，该研究跟踪调查了1250名儿童从出生前到3年。

I am a paediatric doctor interested in the effects of modern industrial chemicals on children’s development. Even in the womb babies are exposed to industrial chemicals and we know some, like lead, are harmful to developing brains. I am interested in other chemicals that are now suspected to affect development, including the polybrominated diphenyl esters (PBDEs), and I intend to investigate this as part of the Barwon Infant Study, which follows 1250 children from before birth to 3 years.