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Environmental Toxicologist Jennifer Freeman selected to scope plan to assess the hazards of ‘Organohalogen Flame Retardants’

July 5, 2018

Jennifer Freeman, associate professor in the School of Health Sciences, has been named to a new National Academy of Science committee to review the toxicity of flame-retardants materials. At the request of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, above ad hoc committee will develop a scientifically based scoping plan to assess additive, nonpolymeric organohalogen flame retardants as a class for potential chronic health hazards under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, including cancer, birth defects, and gene mutations.

Freeman’s research interests are to define the underlying genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of toxicity of environmental stressors with a current focus on pesticides, metals, radiation, and emerging contaminants. Her studies are investigating the developmental origin of health and disease pathogenesis with a specific focus on neurological disorders, reproductive dysfunction, cardiovascular function, and cancer with a goal of understanding the role of exposure to the environmental stressors in these adverse health outcomes. She received a PhD in environmental toxicology and molecular cytogenetics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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