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Is Fire Retardant A Harmful Toxin?

Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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Nearly all conventional mattresses and baby mattrasses today use materials that contain ingredients like flame retardants and formaldehyde. CBS News is talking about hidden danger that those chemicals have, which Americans have depended on to protect them from fire.

Russel Long,vice President and board member of Friends of Earth, stated that now, virtually every American tested has been found to have some of these fire retardants stored in their bodies, with babies showing the highest level.

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