Phthoughts on phthalates: odd spelling, clear problem
Have you ever heard of phthalates or DEHP?
Important research & policy updates, and work from our Institute
Have you ever heard of phthalates or DEHP?
When consumer outcry got loud enough and states started their own bans, manufacturers stopped using bisphenol-A (BPA) in some baby products.
If you go to the CDC’s ToxGuide it will tell you that data suggest Phosphate Ester Flame Retardants are widely distributed throughout the human body.
This week, the United States celebrates Thanksgiving.
Flame retardant chemicals don’t stay put in products.
There is no documented case of a wild orca killing a human.
I bought my sofa in California, “home” of the TB117 standard. I know 75-94% of sofas tested contain flame retardants.
In the 1963 animated film The Sword in the Stone, two wizards face off in a climactic duel, transforming themselves into an increasingly fearsome series of creatures in a magical arms race.
Children’s environmental health is my passion and the reason I work at the Green Science Policy Institute.
Energy analyst John Rogers of the Union of Concerned Scientists put it best, “don’t panic” but do clean it up safely.