Flame Retardants In Our Homes Are A Threat To Human Health

Flame Retardants In Our Homes Are A Threat To Human Health.
Flame retardants utilized in a wide of the mark extent of consumer products attitudinizing a threat to human health and may not even be all that effective, according to a statement signed by nearly 150 scientists from 22 countries. Brominated and chlorinated feverishness retardants (BFRs and CFRs) are second-hand in products such as televisions, computers, apartment phones, upholstered furniture, mattresses, carpet pads, textiles, airplanes and cars stamina. These chemicals are accumulating in the surroundings and in humans, and some of them may injure unborn children, affect people's hormones, and may even show a role in causing cancer, according to the San Antonio Statement, named for the Texas see that hosted the 30th International Symposium of Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) at month.

The allegation said that "BFRs and CFRs can extension fire toxicity and their overall benefit in improving fire safety has not been proven". It also states that these show retardants "can swell the release of carbon monoxide, toxic gases and soot, which are the cause of most intensity deaths and injuries".