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PR Watch: “Citizens for Fire Safety” smoked out: Front group folds after exposé

  • Published in: Flame Retardants, Policy, Press, Press: Policy
  • September 10, 2012

10 Sep 2012

Manufacturers of flame retardant chemicals, an industry that got a boost from Big Tobacco’s shadow money decades ago, are being exposed to increased public scrutiny. In the fallout, a front group formed by the three biggest manufacturers, calling itself “Citizens for Fire Safety,” has been shuttered.…

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