The researchers found reduced antibodies in the frogs at levels of flame
retardants commonly found in the environment.
Disturbingly, chemical fire
retardants commonly hide in products that are in very close proximity to our babies and children: mattresses, portable cribs, bassinets, infant carriers, strollers, walkers, backpack carriers, pillows, high chairs, play tent, baby / toddler seats and electronics.
Not exact matches
There's also what we call the fire
retardants, they
commonly used in the making of baby mattresses, and, they mainly used for how many decades.
Through multiple studies over the past five years, Heather M. Stapleton and colleagues have found that organophosphates are among the most
commonly detected flame
retardants in furniture and electronics.
The researchers found that a metabolite of one
commonly used organophosphate flame
retardant, tris (1,3 - dichloro -2-propyl) phosphate (TDCIPP), occurred at levels 15 times higher in 2014 - 2015 samples than in samples from 2002 - 2003.
BDE 47 is a component of a flame
retardant mixture
commonly referred to as PentaBDE and was widely used in furniture before it was phased - out in 2005 due to health concerns.
Asbestos fibers are naturally occurring fibrous minerals that were
commonly used in construction and thermal insulation as a fire
retardant until the 1970s.
This material was
commonly used as a flame
retardant but was later discovered to damage one's health.
Asbestos is a mineral fiber that has been
commonly used in building construction materials for insulation and as a fire -
retardant.