6. Flame Retardants, Friend or Foe? Why Federal Government is So Into This? You probably start to wonder how polyurethane foam can be used at home at all, given its almost explosively nature under fire. Well, that is where a class of chemicals called flame retardant enters our bed. Its purpose is to make [...]
PCBs, An Almost Indestructible Pale Liquid, Is It Really That Bad?
1. What is PCBs? PCBs(Polychlorinated biphenyls) is a pale liquid and extremely chemically stable under most conditions. Its destruction by any means is extremely difficult. 2. What was it used for? It was widely used in electrical equipment as insulator and coolant fluids. It was also used as flame retardant, 3. Why it is bad? [...]
Antimony, PBDEs, Boric Acid. Wait, My Mattress is Soaked in Them? Part I
1. How Important is Sleep in Your Life? How Big Deal is Your Mattress? Numerous researches have supported strong correlation between good sleep and life quality[1,2]. Chronic sleep loss fundamentally affects one’s health, contributing to weight gain, high blood pressure and deterioration of immune system’s power[3] It also adversely affects one’s mood, resulting in irritability, [...]
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