Comments on: The Hidden Dangers of Flame Retardants http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2013/01/the-hidden-dangers-of-flame-retardants/ A world of research at Oregon State University Wed, 15 May 2013 13:05:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Moina McMath Walton http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2013/01/the-hidden-dangers-of-flame-retardants/#comment-83154 Moina McMath Walton Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:18:43 +0000 http://oregonstate.edu/terra/?p=12088#comment-83154 It is not just your old sofa – it could be your PVC flooring, your computer, your non-stick cookware, and more common items. Both the CDC and FDA report that our blood contains flame retardants, parabens, Bishpenol A, and phtalates. These are in addition to pesticides, herbacides, PCBs, etc. There are over 78,000 chemicals on the market. And if you eat produce from other countries, you can add lots more chemicals to the list of what is in your body. This is because DDT and other poisons are not regulated in other countries and the U.S. chemical industry exports millions of pounds of chemicals and pesticides, banned in the US, to Mexico and other countries that send their tainted produce back to consumers in the U.S.

Meanwhile the chemical industry spends millons each year lobbying against chemical regulation and reform.

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