Der Streit um Chemische Flammschutzmittel
Verfasst: Samstag 23. November 2013, 09:16
Neuer Bericht findet giftige Chemikalien in Kindermöbel
http://blog.saferchemicals.org/2013/11/ ... iture.htmlNew report finds toxic chemicals in children's furniture
Posted on November 21, 2013
By Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director
You know those sweet moments when your children, or in my case nieces, are curled up reading a book? Or even better when they read out loud to you with their sweet little voices?
It’s moments like those that I continue to fight to protect children’s health from toxic chemicals.
Our partners at the Center for Environmental Health recently revealed that children’s foam furniture contains harmful chemicals.
We’ve known for a while that many couches in the U.S. contain toxic flame retardants, which do very little to slow the spread of fire and have been linked to a variety of health concerns like cancer, hormone-disruption, and harm to the developing brain. What’s worse is many of these chemicals are persistent, meaning they stay in our bodies and the environment.
CEH had one of the leading flame-retardant researchers, Dr. Heather Stapleton (you may remember her from the July 2012 Senate Hearing), test children’s furniture for flame retardants.
The results: ...