Authors of that study analyzed dust collected in 16 California homes in 2006 and again in 2011, testing for 49 flame retardant chemicals in household dust (the main route of human exposure to flame retardant chemicals, especially for children).
Ford Hickson, a senior research fellow with the University of Portsmouth's Sigma Research unit, says HIV prevention over the past 20 years has taken a singular route - safe sex, and reducing exposure .
Despite Zentiva's small size and the full price proposed by Sanofi Aventis, the Czech firm's exposure to markets such as Russia, Eastern Europe and Turkey could offer Sanofi an attractive route for its own products.