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Non-Toxic Furniture & Mattresses
Non-Toxic Furniture & Mattresses: What Is – And Isn’t – Polluting Your Indoor Air
https://www.mamavation.com/product-investigations/furniture-mattress-investigation.html
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Cleaning Up the Air Inside Your Home in 5 Easy Steps
Cleaning Up the Air Inside Your Home in 5 Easy Steps
https://www.mamavation.com/uncategorized/cleaning-up-the-air-inside-your-home-5-easy-steps.html
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Health Effects Notebook for Hazardous Air Pollutants | Hazardous Air Pollutants | US EPA
Health Effects Notebook - Health Effects Fact Sheets
https://www.epa.gov/haps/health-effects-notebook-hazardous-air-pollutants
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Memory Foam Mattress Reviews You Can Actually Trust 2018 : Ratings for Best Top Rated Brands Comparison, Complaints, Analysis : Consumer Reports : off gassing odor
Sleep Like The Dead reviews and rates memory foam mattresses based on over 7160 actual owner experiences. Unbiased, detailed ratings and comparisons are provided for 22 popular brands / models. Issues such as longevity, mold / mildew development, warranties, density, heat retention and off gassing are discussed.
http://www.sleeplikethedead.com/mattressreview-memory-foam.html#smell
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No Easy Sleep: Why Your Child’s Mattress May Be Hurting Him
No Easy Sleep: Why Your Child’s Mattress May Be Hurting Him
https://www.mamavation.com/featured/no-easy-sleep-why-your-childs-mattress-may-be-hurting-him.html
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Industry calls them super plastics. What if they’re also super dangerous?
Industry calls them super plastics. What if they’re also super dangerous?
https://www.ewg.org/kid-safe-chemicals-act-blog/2009/07/industry-calls-them-super-plastics-what-if-theyre-also-super-dangerous/
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How DuPont Concealed the Dangers of the New Teflon Toxin
Chemical companies are using a trade secrets loophole to withhold the health effects of new products, preventing scientists from identifying emerging environmental threats.
https://theintercept.com/2016/03/03/how-dupont-concealed-the-dangers-of-the-new-teflon-toxin/
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Exposure to Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Exposure to Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3002197/
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Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals in the U.S. Population
Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals in the U.S. Population
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2072821/
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Fact Sheet: 2010/2015 PFOA Stewardship Program | Assessing and Managing Chemicals under TSCA | US EPA
EPA's existing chemicals programs address pollution prevention, risk assessment, hazard and exposure assessment and/or characterization, and risk management for chemicals substances in commercial use.
https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/fact-sheet-20102015-pfoa-stewardship-program
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Warning! BPA Linked to Early Puberty in Girls–New Study
Warning! BPA Linked to Early Puberty in Girls–New Study
https://www.mamavation.com/motherhood/bpa-linked-to-early-puberty-in-girls-in-new-study.html
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Why Firefighters Get More Cancer - The Atlantic
Consumer goods are increasingly made of synthetic materials and coatings. The carcinogens they give off when they burn could be driving high cancer rates among first responders.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/our-toxic-homes/404722/
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Sudden infant death syndrome: a possible primary cause. - PubMed - NCBI
J Forensic Sci Soc. 1994 Jul-Sep;34(3):199-204. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7523575
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Residential Furniture Survey - Center for Environmental Health | Center for Environmental Health
CEH collaborated with the American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) and the Sustainable Furnishings Council to survey residential furniture companies to identify upholstered seating products that do not contain flame retardant chemicals. See the results below. Highlights: We received surveys from 43 companies representing 65 brands of furniture. All of the survey respondents are providing flame...
https://www.ceh.org/residential-furniture/
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Flame retardants in furniture don't work as advertised, research shows - tribunedigital-chicagotribune
The chemical industry's leading trade group says adding fire-snuffing chemicals to furniture foam "can be the difference between life and death." But when scientists in a government lab touched a
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-06/news/ct-met-flames-barriers-20120506_1_flame-retardants-furniture-foam-smoke-detectors
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Endocrine Disruptors Cost Americans $340 Billion Per Year In Healthcare Expenses
Endocrine Disruptors Cost Americans $340 Billion Per Year In Healthcare Expenses
https://www.mamavation.com/featured/endocrine-disruptors-cost-americans-billions.html