dpbe. which is showing up in the breast milk of u.s. mothers at rates 100 times the average found in european studies. in 2003, california followed the lead of the european union and became the first state to ban two types of pdb es. other states have followed. but the most common type of pdbe and one found in tvs is still in wide use. scientis are worried that pdbes disrupt a developing thigh rot civil and could cause developmental deficits. overwhelming what we're exposed to said january houlihan, vice presidentf environmental working group, a washington, d.c.-based public advocacy organizations that partnered in several monitoring studies and araise awareness of chemical body burden. every day we get a fresh flush of chemicals. no place and no one in immune. e most persistent chemical contaminants are carried across oceans and continents by water and air. like grass hoppers they lift intohe atmosphere and then glide back to earth moving from warmer climates to colder climates and settling thousands o miles from the contamination so