On: Toxic sofas are a secret scandal

[jimbob45]

"According to parliament’s environmental audit committee (EAC), mothers in the UK and the US have the world’s highest recorded concentrations of a toxic class of flame retardants in their breastmilk"

So this is a US thing too or what? I couldn't find anything else in the article mentioning the US.

[Someone1234 → jimbob45]

It has been widely reported in the US for years e.g.

- https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/four-chemical-classes-co...

- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/this-everyday-chemical-...

- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191213115438.h...

- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191022080726.h...

[tjr → jimbob45]

I imagine true of couches; certainly true of mattresses, per 16 CFR Part 1633, Standard for the Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattress Sets.

At least one company sells nontoxic mattresses: https://www.nontoxicbeds.com/