Flame retardants and pesticides are harming children's development.
Two everyday substances — flame retardants and pesticides— are responsible for millions of lost IQ points and intellectual disabilities among children, new research has found.
While childhood exposure to lead and mercury is declining due to public policies, exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers, a.k.a., flame retardants — chemicals added to products from couches and bedding to car seats and building insulation to stop fire from spreading — and organophosphate pesticides, which kill pests on plants, are still health threats.
According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, many flame retardants have been removed from products over the years. But they can still linger in the air, ground, water and dust, resulting in cancer or reproductive and hormonal problems. And, per the Environmental Protection Agency , pesticides, found in produce, could harm the nervous system and cause cancer.
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