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Effects of chemicals in flame retardants

Health & Medicine

New study indicates chemicals found in flame retardants may effect the intelligence of young children.

The unhealthy toys list

Health & Medicine
The World

The Case of Methyl Bromide

Up in Flames

The World

Recycling To Reduce Pesticide Use

The World

Toxic Car Interiors

Enter a car at your own risk  ? a study shows you are being exposed to significant levels of toxic chemicals.

Perils of PBDEs

In recent years, there have been significant advances made in the science and regulation of PCB’s, the environmental toxins that Rachel Carson made public in her book “Silent Spring.” Less is known of PBDE’s, a structurally similar and increasingly pervasive chemical used in flame retardants. Host Steve Curwood talks with two San Francisco Bay researchers […]

The World

Recycling to reduce pesticide use

Environment

After years of searching for an alternative for the kill-everything soil fumigant methyl bromide, one company thinks it may have an answer: leftover mustard seeds from biofuel production. Amy Coombs reports.