polybrominated love

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  • adjective chemistry Having had multiple hydrogen atoms replaced by bromine

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  • The Hidden Hazards In the Nursery study tested 20 products -- including nursing pillows, changing pads, bassinet pads and car seats -- for traces of Tris and other toxic chemical flame retardants called polybrominated diphenyl ether compounds, or PBDEs.

    Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: Flame Retardants Refuse to Burn Out Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2012

  • The Hidden Hazards In the Nursery study tested 20 products -- including nursing pillows, changing pads, bassinet pads and car seats -- for traces of Tris and other toxic chemical flame retardants called polybrominated diphenyl ether compounds, or PBDEs.

    Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: Flame Retardants Refuse to Burn Out Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2012

  • The Hidden Hazards In the Nursery study tested 20 products -- including nursing pillows, changing pads, bassinet pads and car seats -- for traces of Tris and other toxic chemical flame retardants called polybrominated diphenyl ether compounds, or PBDEs.

    Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: Flame Retardants Refuse to Burn Out Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2012

  • The Hidden Hazards In the Nursery study tested 20 products -- including nursing pillows, changing pads, bassinet pads and car seats -- for traces of Tris and other toxic chemical flame retardants called polybrominated diphenyl ether compounds, or PBDEs.

    Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: Flame Retardants Refuse to Burn Out Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2012

  • The Hidden Hazards In the Nursery study tested 20 products -- including nursing pillows, changing pads, bassinet pads and car seats -- for traces of Tris and other toxic chemical flame retardants called polybrominated diphenyl ether compounds, or PBDEs.

    Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: Flame Retardants Refuse to Burn Out Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2012

  • Becky wakes up on her new mattress—with the luxurious foam pad on top—both of which have been manufactured, as have all U.S. bedding materials, with a flame-retardant known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

  • Becky wakes up on her new mattress—with the luxurious foam pad on top—both of which have been manufactured, as have all U.S. bedding materials, with a flame-retardant known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

  • The flame-retardant chemicals that were used the most until recently are called polybrominated diphenylethers, or PBDEs.

    The Most Toxic Home Products Oliver J. Chiang 2010

  • The chemicals, known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers or PBDEs, were introduced around 30 years ago****, for use in households as a flame retardant.

    Archive 2007-08-01 GreenFertility 2007

  • The chemicals, known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers or PBDEs, were introduced around 30 years ago****, for use in households as a flame retardant.

    Did my House make my kitty hyperthyroid? GreenFertility 2007

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