Dr. Lipsett gave a talk which went something like this.
PBDEs are similar to PCBs and PBBs (which are banned) and dioxins.
PBDEs were in wide use in the 1980's and not since (?), but they've been doubling in human tissues every 3 to 5 years. (Ok, I'm totally unsure of this point. I'll circle back to it later.)
PBDE's are hormone disruptors. They're bad. And they aren't tested as carcinogens. California Technical Bulletin 117 requires the furniture pass a flame retardance test--the filler can't ignite after 12 seconds of open flame. Guess what. The flame retardant is toxic. And it bioaccumulates. In breast milk.
The amount of this stuff found in fat tissues of women in California were literally off the charts. Horrifying. The data compared California girls to girls in Ohio and they were 2 to 3 times as high. And about 200 times kids in Germany. Holy crap.
I'll finds some links to real data and add them here.
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