Join us for this webinar organized by CHE and Boston University SRP Oct 9, 2014 Background Information/Resources CHE Blog RSVP […] Home Invaders: Are flame retardants fattening us up and harming our bones?
By Gretchen Kroeger What’s in my foam? Over the past year, we’ve written a lot about our research on […] What’s in my foam?
The tale of why our furniture is full of flame retardants, and how those rules may be changing. Over the […] Rules and regulations and laws, oh my!
At least not when it comes to exposure to toxic chemicals. Unfortunately, many chemicals that are used for a specific […] Not all exposure is good exposure…
By Anthony Oliveri As Laura Macaulay, Ph.D. Candidate, and the Research Translation Core have brought up in the past […] OPs! they did it again…
Firemaster 550 is a chemical cocktail of brominated and organo-phosphorus flame retardants produced by Chemtura Corp. On its website, Chemtura’s […] Firemaster 550: the concern, the science, and the media
In case you missed it, it’s October(blog)fest here at the Duke Superfund Research Center. That means we’re going to be […] What do flame retardants have to do with maternal and child health?
If you pay attention to news sources like the Chicago Tribune and New York Times, you may know that flame […] Early life exposures to flame retardants…exploring the consequences
Last week, we wrote about the EPA’s announcement to conduct a risk assessment of 23 chemicals. Most of the chemicals […] Why studying flame retardants is a good idea