Saturday, March 27, 2010

Alternative flame retardants leach into the environment

Alternative flame retardants leach into the environment
 
"Two chemicals that are becoming widely used replacements for potentially toxic flame retardants in household products such as televisions and furniture have shown up in peregrine falcon eggs in California. The discovery, part of a larger study monitoring contaminants in wildlife, adds to evidence that these new flame retardants escape into and persist in the environment, as the original ones do."

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