{"id":2288,"date":"2015-02-10T14:54:13","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T22:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earthministry.org\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2015-02-10T14:57:17","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T22:57:17","slug":"new-state-report-recommends-banning-toxic-flame-retardants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthministry.org\/new-state-report-recommends-banning-toxic-flame-retardants\/","title":{"rendered":"New State Report Recommends Banning Toxic Flame Retardants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Toxics Coalition explains how the Department of Ecology cites health concerns and availability of safer alternatives in a new report on flame retardants &#8211; further proof that these toxic chemicals don&#8217;t belong in our homes!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>January 29, 2015\u00a0<br \/>Washington Toxics Coalition\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(Seattle, WA) A new report released today by the Washington State Department of Ecology provides more support for the legislature to act on the Toxic-Free Kids and Families Act (HB 1174\/SB 5684), which bans certain toxic flame retardants in kids\u2019 products and furniture. The report, requested by the Legislature, recommends the Legislature restrict the use of certain toxic flame retardants in kids\u2019 products and furniture.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2289\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Girl-with-dust-Anathea-Utley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2289\" src=\"http:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Girl-with-dust-Anathea-Utley-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Child breathes dust particles from a couch\" width=\"228\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Girl-with-dust-Anathea-Utley-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Girl-with-dust-Anathea-Utley-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Girl-with-dust-Anathea-Utley-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Girl-with-dust-Anathea-Utley.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Anathea Utley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis report makes it very clear that our kids are being exposed to a soup of harmful flame retardants in the home that don\u2019t provide a fire safety benefit,\u201d said Laurie Valeriano, Executive Director of Washington Toxics Coalition. \u201cIt provides new urgency for the Legislature to act by giving the toxics control agency the ability to ban these harmful chemicals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ecology\u2019s report cites health concerns about the chemicals, evidence the chemicals escape from the products into homes, and the availability of safer alternatives as reasons the chemicals should be banned.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically the report says:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sufficient evidence exists to support enacting restrictions on the use of ten flame retardants in children\u2019s products and furniture that contain polyurethane foam and fabric.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Each of these chemicals is toxic and there is potential for exposure. In many cases, exposures can already be documented in people and the environment.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Many have been found in children\u2019s products and in furniture as well as in house dust. Many are produced in high volumes.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Chemical flame retardants are not needed at all for children\u2019s products and most furniture applications.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Safer alternatives are available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To read the original article, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watoxics.org\/news\/pressroom\/press-releases\/new-state-report-recommends-banning-toxic-flame-retardants\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Toxics Coalition explains how the Department of Ecology cites health concerns and availability of safer alternatives in a new report on flame retardants &#8211; further proof that these toxic chemicals don&#8217;t belong in our homes!\u00a0 January 29, 2015\u00a0Washington&#x2026; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/earthministry.org\/new-state-report-recommends-banning-toxic-flame-retardants\/\" class=\"more-link wp-block-button__link\"><svg class=\"svg-icon th-fill-current\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke=\"currentColor\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M13 9l3 3m0 0l-3 3m3-3H8m13 0a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\" \/><\/svg> Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New State Report Recommends Banning Toxic Flame Retardants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12,14,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-press-clip","category-toxics-news","category-wa-legislative-news","comments-off"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2308,"href":"https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions\/2308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}