Archive for the Flame Retardants
Additional Sources for Finding Information on Chemicals in Flame Retardants (PBDEs):
http://www.ewg.org/reports/inthedust/summary.php
http://www.watoxics.org/content/pdf/PBDEsFactSheet.pdf
http://wwwatsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts68.html
http://www.tcodevelopment.com
http://www.svtc.org
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu
http://www.nrdc.org/breaastmilk/default.asp
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/pcb/
www.thegreenguide.com.
www.CHEC.com
How to Protect Children From Chemicals Found in Flame Retardants (From my book: THE TOXIC SANDBOX)
1.) There are high levels of PCBs and PBDEs in farmed salmon; all salmon labeled “Atlantic” are farmed. If you feel you must feed salmon to your children, select wild-caught salmon instead, or opt for fish that are lower on […]
“STUDY REVEALS TOXIC CHEMICALS IN HOUSEHOLD DUST”
Wall Street Journal – March 23, 2005
The Environmental Working Group (EWG), the watchdog environmental agency out of Washington D.C., collected house dust from ten homes in states across the country. Testing these samples, they learned that the levels of brominated fire retardants (PBDEs) found in dust bunnies […]
In one small study a Berkeley, California family of four, a mother, father, 5-year-old daughter, and an 18-month-old son, all gave blood to be tested for levels of PBDEs, first in September of 2004, and again ninety days later. The Berkeley family used no common household cleaners, no
pesticides, had no wall-to-wall carpeting, and owned […]
I recently got an e-mail from a mother in California who wanted to know of I had any information about car seats manufactured without flame retardants. I unsuccessfully tried to come up with some sources for her. Does anyone know of any companies that are making car seats free of PBDEs?
A TOUGH DILEMMA: in the United States most children’s pajamas are treated with flame retardants, which can give our kids critical extra time to escape a fire. Flame resistant sleepwear is likely to be labeled as “flame resistant.” I looked around and found an alternative. The trick is to find sleepwear that has the label, […]
STUDY: Dr. Arnold Schecter from the University of Texas conducted the first ever comprehensive study of PBDEs in mother’s milk in 2002. By analyzing forty-seven samples of milk from two Texas milk banks, he determined that levels were from 10-100 times higher in the United States than in Europe where PBDEs are used less. In […]
“How do flame retardants affect our children?”
At this point, it is difficult to really understand the full extent of what PBDEs are doing do to our children’s growing bodies. Scientific research conducted on rodents shows that like PCBs, PBDEs interfere with the thyroid gland’s ability to send its hormone thyroxine to do its job in […]
“What are flame retardants?”
Moms reading my book have recently e-mailed me with lots of questions about brominated flame retardants (PBDEs). PBDEs are compounds used as flame-retardants in everything from our children’s pajamas, computers, television sets, upholstery, rugs, draperies, and car interiors. As products that contain PBDEs age and breakdown, these chemical mixtures […]
