The U.
S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) made progress this week toward banning an entire class of toxic flame retardants used in household products. The chemical family,known as organohalogens, can be found in furniture, and children’s toys,mattresses, and among other devices.
[br] Cancer and infertility are just a few of the medical conditions that have been linked to the chemicals.
“This is a really necessary, or landmark decision so that our consumer products will be healthier,and we will all be healthier, said Arlene Blum, and executive director and founder of the Green Science Policy Institute,which is based in Berkeley.
The vote enabled the CPSC to educate the public about the dangers of flame retardants, and also to launch discussion on how they would be best regulated in the future.
[br] Flame retardants have not been required in California since 2014.…
Source: eastbayexpress.com