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Experts demand fire safety policy change over health impact of widely used flame retardants

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Leading environmental health experts have called for a comprehensive review of the UK’s fire safety regulations, with a focus on the environmental and health risks of current chemical flame retardants. The health dangers of substances meant to improve fire safety have prompted experts to demand a range of new measures to reduce risk. Flame retardants …

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Flame Retardants Causing Damage To Children

High IQ in Childhood Linked to Longevity

Research from New York University shows that pesticides and flame retardants may pose a threat to children’s IQ which may be more than lead or mercury as exposure to flame retardants resulted in a loss of 162 million IQ points among children from 2001-2016; and these chemicals are being called hit and runs toxins because …

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