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Chlorinated Tris

California Decides to Stop Poisoning Our Sofas

OnEarth | Posted 04.13.2013 | Green
Read More: Chlorinated Tris, Furniture, Hormone Disruptor, Health, Duke University, Flame Retardants, Technical Bulletin 117, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Sarah Janssen, Green Science Policy Institute, California, Pentabde, Green News
OnEarth

By Justine E. Hausheer, OnEarth Two years ago, Sarah Janssen biopsied her couch. After removing the cushion covers she cut out a square-inch chunk of...

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Breathing Queasy: My Carcinogenic Couch

Molly Rauch | Posted 01.29.2013 | Parents
Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Cancer, Motherhood, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Pollution, Chlorinated Tris, Tris, Carcinogens, Flame Retardants, Safe Chemicals Act, Parents News
Molly Rauch

Today, a team of scientists from Duke and UC Berkeley told me what's actually inside those cushions I so carefully selected. Despite the clean lines and comfy factor, it turns out that what's inside those cushions is not so pretty.

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Lynne Peeples

A 'Toxic Treadmill': Dangerous Flame Retardants Remain Widespread In Children's Products

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.06.2012 | Green
Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Chlorinated Tris, Pbdes, Video, Baby Products, California, Fire Safety, Flame Retardants, Fire, New York, Pcbs, Green News

Flip over your couch cushion or desk chair and chances are, you'll see the same tag that is affixed to the bottom of many others: "This article meets ...

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Flame Retardants Refuse to Burn Out

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 03.20.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Chlorinated Tris, Washington Toxics Coalition, Polyurethane Foam, Tdcpp, Pbdes, The Safe Chemicals Act of 2011, Toxic-Free Kids Act, Healthier Greener Homes, Flame Retardant, Flame Retardant Pbdes, Tris, Fabric Flame Retardant, Flame Retardants, Flame Retardant Material, Flame Retardant Fabrics, Flame Retardant Clothing, Healthy Living News
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

Think the flame retardant Tris is a thing of the past? Think again. Last week the Washington Toxics Coalition and Safer States released a study that found 80 percent of new baby and children's products tested positive for chlorinated Tris (TDCPP).

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Toxic Flame Retardants Rampant in Baby Products, New Study Finds

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 07.19.2011 | Green
Read More: Chlorinated Tris, Safe Chemicals Act, Safer-Chemicals-Healthy-Families, Halogenated Flame Retardants, Environmental Science and Technology Journal, Flame Retardants, Duke University, Tcep, Tdcpp, Penta-Bde, Green News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

Volunteers submitted cubic-inch pieces of polyurethane foam cut from 101 baby products to a Duke University research laboratory. More than 80 percent of the samples contained hazardous or untested chemical flame retardants.

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