High Levels of Dangerous Chemicals Found in Indoor Cats
The study shows that cats are exposed to chemicals found in electronics and furniture, chemicals that become dust and can adversely affect health. It is the first time that this connection has been verified. In a previous study, the researchers demonstrated that brominated flame retardants were found in higher concentrations in the blood of cats that had developed Feline hyperthyroidism (hyperthyroidism in cats) compared to healthy cats. Now, new measurements of healthy cats establish their dust exposure. Paired samples were taken from the same household, i.e. they took both dust samples and blood samples at the same time.
This image shows a cat. A study from Stockholm University has now established what was previously suspected, that the high levels of brominated flame retardants measured in cats are from the dust in our homes.
Photo: Jana Weiss
Exposure to chemicals
“By taking paired samples, we have greater insight into the environment that the cats live in. Moreover the cats in the study spent the majority of their time indoors and therefore air and dust in the home is expected to contribute more than the outdoor environment”, says Jana Weiss at the Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University.
The results are very interesting because small children, notorious for putting everything in their mouths, have exposures to these chemicals similar to cats.
“The brominated flame retardants that have been measured in cats are known endocrine disruptors. It’s particularly serious when small children ingest these substances because exposure during the development can have consequences later in life, such as thyroid disease”, says Jana Weiss.
About brominated flame retardants
Brominated flame retardants are added to textiles, furniture and electronic equipment to prevent the material from igniting. Many of the brominated flame retardants have been found to be health hazards, and some are suspected endocrine disruptors. A number of them have been prohibited for these reasons in products like electronic goods. However, they are extremely persistent and can leach from the products for many years after they have been produced, ultimately becoming part of dust.
About the study
The researchers took blood samples from cats and gathered dust in the children’s room, the adults’ bedroom and the living room. The samples were then analysed for brominated and chlorinated contaminants. The researchers found not only those that are currently in use, but also chemicals that have been banned for decades.
The article Cats’ Internal Exposure to Selected Brominated Flame Retardants and Organochlorines Correlated to House Dust and Cat Food can be read here: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.6b05025
The MISSE project
The study is part of an ongoing project called MiSSE (Mixture Assessment of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds). The project aims to identify and evaluate the mix of endocrine disruptors we have in our indoor environment. The project will have a final conference in Stockholm on November 29, 2017 where all results will be presented and discussed.
Contacts and sourcesL
Jana Weiss, scientific coordinator of the project MiSSE,
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i hate cats!
Think of it as the canary in the coal mine.
You can be the miner.
Ironically, renewable materials, worked in the Medieval style, by peasant labor, would have been more valuable and more safe than our modernities.
But, we’re not supposed to do anything, for ourselves, anymore. That’s evil.
I don’t use my cat for dusting so he should be fine.
Cats are just arrogant creatures. At least my dog has the common courtesy to shit in my neighbors lawn. My cat, well, she white in the house.
I am not a racist some of my best friends are cats
So what you’re saying is, cat’s can’t be set on fire?