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EWG-Duke Study Finds Five Times As Much Cancer-Causing Fire Retardants in Children As Mothers

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2014.  Scientists at the Environmental Working Group and Duke University have found evidence that the average level of a cancer-causing fire retardant chemical in the bodies of children tested was nearly five times the average in their mothers, according to a new report released today.

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In the first published scientific study to analyze children’s exposure to TDCIPP, a fire retardant chemical and recognized carcinogen, researchers tested the urine of 22 mothers and…

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