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Flame retardants may pose hazards

A story in the Washington Post says chemical flame retardants added to consumer products to meet federal and state flammability standards may pose health and environmental hazards, while failing to actually reduce the products’ flammability.

Flame retardants make use of chemical reactions to counteract or inhibit the flammability of treated products, including textiles, foam in couches and baby products, building insulation, carpets, drapes, personal computers, TV sets, car dashboards, ...

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