Intervention to reduce gymnast exposure to flame retardants from pit foam: A case study

Gymnasts can have high exposures to flame retardants (FRs), which are used in gymnastics safety equipment such as the loose foam pit. Therefore, we aimed to reduce gymnast exposure to FRs by replacing the foam in the pit using foam free of additive FR and measuring personal exposure during practice...

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Main Authors: Nicholas A. Dembsey, Frederick M. Brokaw, Heather M. Stapleton, Robin E. Dodson, Joy Onasch, Elisa Jazan, Courtney C. Carignan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041201831849X