A Perfect Storm
- Published in: Children, Consumers, Environment, Flame Retardants, Furniture, Health, Science & Policy Blog, Science & Policy Blog: Children, Science & Policy Blog: Consumers, Science & Policy Blog: Environment, Science & Policy Blog: Flame Retardants, Science & Policy Blog: Furniture, Science & Policy Blog: Health
The phrase “a perfect storm” has gone from wildly popular to wildly unpopular. Detractors say it should be banned due to overuse. But it’s not banned yet. A perfect storm is “a critical or disastrous situation created by a powerful concurrence of factors.” It’s just the “right” factors leading to just the wrong outcome. High rates of exposure to organohalogen flame retardants can be seen as a perfect storm that’s hitting all of us, but especially children.…
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