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Last Updated: February 13th, 2012
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Read MoreZinc is an essential mineral. It is naturally present in many foods, including milk and meat products as well as grain-based products. It is a component of dietary supplements as well as cold lozen...
Read MoreThe best defenses against getting too much harmful UV radiation are protective clothing, shade and timing. Put these points on your checklist: Don’t get sunburned. Red, sore, blistered or ...
Read MoreA trial at 427 participating sites across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico found no beneficial effect of selenium supplementation on prostate cancer risk, and instead found a 17 percent in...
Read MoreAdequate vitamin and mineral intake from a balanced diet is essential for maintaining health and preventing diseases caused by dietary deficiencies, such as pellagra (triggered by a shortage of nia...
Read MoreTPhP has several industrial applications. It is used as a fire retardant in furniture and other consumer products. In addition, it serves as a plasticizer to make some vinyl items, that might inclu...
Read MorePolybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), are a class of fire retardant chemicals. These fire retardants were removed from the market because they persisted and accumulated in the environment and peo...
Read MoreA metabolite is a compound produced by the breakdown of a chemical in the body. When scientists conduct biomonitoring studies to investigate chemicals that make their way into people, they consider...
Read MoreA number of government actions have been suggested to reduce people’s exposure to fire retardant chemicals, especially children: The U.S. government must take regulatory action to decreas...
Read MoreTDCIPP is a member of a family of chemicals known as chlorinated alkyl phosphates. It is routinely used as a fire retardant in polyurethane foam manufactured for upholstered furniture, automotive c...
Read MoreA research study found evidence of exposure to TDCIPP, a cancer-causing fire retardant, in the bodies of the 22 mothers and their 26 children tested. In the children, the average concentration of B...
Read MoreTDCIPP, a fire retardant, causes cancer in laboratory animals and is listed as a carcinogen under Proposition 65 in the state of California. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission considers it...
Read MoreEven though production and sales of PBDEs have trickled to a halt, furniture treated with PBDE commercial mixtures often remains in Americans’ homes for years. In 2008, a groundbreaking study...
Read MoreHouse dust concentrations of TDCIPP and urinary concentrations of its metabolite, BDCIPP, have been associated with changes in hormone levels and decreased semen quality in men, conditions that mig...
Read MoreChildren are believed to ingest significantly more fire retardant chemicals than their mothers. This is because they spend more time on the floor amid house dust contaminated by fire retardant chem...
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