Common fire retardant increases the risk of antisocial behavior, study reveals

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By Joy Jensen, staff writer

(NaturalHealth365) Sit down on your furniture, and you’re planting yourself right in the middle of toxic contaminants. Certain laws require the foam used inside of furniture, insulation, and electronics to be treated with a fire retardant. And, although these chemicals may keep you from going up in flames, they also pose a little-known risk of antisocial behavior.

Flame retardants, which are recognized as toxic contaminants around the world, have already been linked to issues like cancer, hormone disruption, reductive disorders, thyroid problems and immune dysfunction. But, researchers at Oregon State University, have discovered a “significant …read more

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