Investigating early life exposure to plastic products in Australia and subsequent neurodevelopmental effects

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1147970

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Child neurodevelopment disorders like autism are becoming more common. Recent work indicates almost all pregnant mothers in Australia harbour plastic chemicals – bisphenols and phthalates and foetus is also exposed. Human evidence is emerging that higher exposure to plastics during pregnancy may be associated with these disorders. Randomised controlled trials are not possible so high quality birth cohort studies, as proposed here, are required to investigate this issue comprehensively.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 01-01-2020

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $791,376.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Epidemiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

chemical exposure | cohort study | infant development | mental health | neurodevelopmental disorders

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