There was a nice video clip on NBC’s Today show last week that discussed some concerns with brominated flame retardant chemicals called PBDEs. These chemicals cover many household products in an attempt to keep you safe from fires, but the chemicals are turning up in our blood and more worrisome, in the blood of our children–at a level higher than that found in their parents living in the same house (via the good old hand to mouth or toy to mouth contact that gets not only PBDEs into our children, but also lead and other risky heavy metals and chemicals). You can see the video on msnbc.com or ewg.com. You can also read this EWG article about it, or this one from Web MD.
7 Sep
