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Fire Retardants in Toddlers and Their Mothers

Levels Three Times Higher in Toddlers Than Moms
» Read more... | Published September 4, 2008

Reducing your exposure to PBDEs in your home

Consult this guidance when seeking ways to minimize your exposure to PBDEs in bedding, clothing, carpets, and electronics.
» Read more... | Published October 7, 2008

PBDEs - Fire Retardants in Dust

Toxic Fire Retardants In American Homes
The phaseout of two widely used chemicals will not protect Americans from exposure to brominated fire retardants linked to brain and nerve damage, according to nationwide tests of house dust.
» Read more... | Published May 11, 2004

Mother's Milk

Toxic Fire Retardants (PBDEs) in Human Breast Milk
In the first nationwide tests for chemical fire retardants in the breast milk of American mothers, EWG found unexpectedly high levels of these little-known thyroid toxins in every woman tested. Milk from several of the mothers in EWG's study had among the highest levels of these chemicals yet detected worldwide.
» Read more... | Published September 22, 2003

Tainted Catch: Brominated fire retardants (PBDEs) found in San Francisco Bay fish

Toxic fire retardants are building up rapidly in fish -- and people.
Levels of a little-known class of neurotoxic chemicals found in computers, TV sets, cars and furniture are building up rapidly in key indicator species of San Francisco Bay fish, according to tests by EWG.
» Read more... | Published July 10, 2003