That's the topic of this month's Healthy Home Tips from the Environmental Working Group. Children are especially vulnerable to the negative effects of fire retardants...
Healthy Home: Avoiding Fire Retardants
You can read about the studies that have shown these chemicals to be present in toddlers in much higher levels than their mothers here.
If, after reading that article, you go into panic mode- don't. Check out the list of ways you can minimize exposure including:
• Inspecting foam furniture as it wears.
• Using a vacuum with a hepa filter.
• Prevent young children from touching electronics that most likely contain the chemicals (that means your cell phone!)
Read the complete article here.
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A close friend of mine has a child with autism. He is a subject of a long term biological study, where, among other tests, researchers/doctors take blood samples a few times a year.
One year, results showed shockingly high amounts of a chemical in his blood system, far exceeding gov't maximums. When she inquired what the source was, the doctors told her the major source was flame retardant pajamas. She has removed all flame retardant pj's and the levels have dropped significantly.
It's a bit scary that our bodies can topically absorb chemicals through such unsuspecting sources. Since the majority of children (or adults for that matter) don't have the means to have such testing conducted, I wonder what other chemicals and heavy metals reside within our systems.
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