Environmental Health News, October 1, 2008
By, Marla Cone
Excerpt: Californians have the world’s highest levels of toxic flame retardants in their homes and in their bodies, according to new scientific findings published Wednesday.
Household dust tested in Richmond and Bolinas had four to ten times more brominated flame retardants than other American homes and 200 times more than European homes. Statewide, Californians had twice as much in their blood than other U.S. residents. The lower the income, the more contaminated the homes and the people who inhabit them.