In recent years, litigation attorneys and environmental epidemiologists have attempted to link flame retardants, which were put in furniture and electronics to prevent immolation by national mandate, to health problems. Studies have shown that the substances, or their constituents, can leach out of products, and end up in indoor dust, over time. In a world where we can now detect parts per quadrillion, they can also be found in us.
A new paper in Environmental Science&Technology discusses how flame retardants in our homes could also be ending up in surface water, via our laundry.
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Laundry Adds Trade Amounts Of Flame Retardants To Surface Waters - Here's How
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