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Flame Retardant

04/16/2017 / By Russel Davis

Fire retardant chemicals used in your mattress linked to 74% rise in thyroid cancer tumors

Flame retardants commonly sprayed in fabric and fillings in furniture were associated with a 74 percent increase in thyroid cancer rates in the U.K. during the last 10 years, a study revealed. Health experts said exposure to this flame retardants through dust might have contributed to the surge in thyroid cancer rates. To assess this, researchers […]

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