The Michigan PBB Registry Summary: March 2014 PBB Clinic

Board of Health March 28, 2014

Bonnie Havlicek, RN

March 6th thru March 16th PBB Clinic

• 3/6 Team Emory and NIOSH arrive • 3/7 Male exams and walk-in apts. • 3/8 & 3/9: Community meetings, phlebotomy,

male exams, Jen Efaw and Doc trained in exams

• 3/10 thru 3/16 Male exams and walk-in apts.

MMDHD staff involvement • Phlebotomy: Jenniffer Efaw, Laura Grosskopf

(contracted by Emory) • Computer lab: Lisa Mikesell (contracted by

Emory), Bonnie Havlicek, Mario Lucchesi • Male exams: Jenniffer Efaw (contracted by

Emory) Robert Graham • Norm: Advisory Board, Community discussion • Administrative Team, GBO staff

Mid-Michigan District Health Department: Gratiot Branch Office

Registration – Check -in

Community Discussion

Computer Lab

Phlebotomy

Laboratory

Gratiot Branch Office Lab

PBB clinic activities

• 284 blood draws • 46 male exams and lab samples • 8 additional men submitted urine samples • 38 women participated in full study • Approximately 120 people attended the

community discussions

Research Findings Important Points

• PBB appears to be acting as an “endocrine disrupter” – Thyroid

– Reproductive system

• Children of exposed parents may be affected

• PBB can be transferred to children while in the womb or through breast milk

• Children born many years later can still be exposed

• Children are more vulnerable to toxic chemicals than adults

PBB Registry Long-Term PBB Study

• About 5,000 individuals

• People who ate contaminated food – Farm families – Michigan residents

• Chemical company workers

• Children of people who ate contaminated food; children of chemical workers

PBB Levels, 1976-1978

PBB Levels, Consumers of contaminated food

Chemical Workers • December 2013: Bring chemical workers

back into PBB registry – transfer records from MDCH

• Blood testing for PBB, PBDE, PCB, DDT, DDE, HBB

• General Health Questionnaire

• Began enrollment in in-depth study

PBB Levels, St. Louis

Additional Ongoing Research • Seeking additional grant funding

• Secure the long term PBB data

• Study causes of death for PBB Registry participants (now including chemical workers)

• Continue to study cancer occurrence

• Look at newborn screening (blood spot) data

For Questions or for More Information Please Contact us!

PBB Registry Study Phone: 1-888-892-0074 E-mail: www.pbbregistry@emory.edu Website : www.pbbregistry.emory.edu

Funding provided by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences US Environmental Protection Agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention