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Fire Retardant Found In Children's Blood: Study

Law360, New York (September 05, 2008) -- A study released by the Environmental Working Group has found that a class of chemicals used in fire retardants is appearing in toddlers' blood at levels three times higher than in their mothers'.

On Thursday, the nonprofit research organization EWG announced that concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, were on average three times higher in toddlers age 1.5 to 4 years than...

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