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Jenny Rottmann

Ask Dow Chemical to stop supporting toxic flame retardants!

When will Dow Chemical get off the toxic couch?

When Herbert H. Dow tapped the bromine salt deposits beneath Midland, Michigan, he launched a major chemical company and the chemistry that, more than a century later, still haunts our homes and bodies with toxic flame retardants. Scientists shed new light on this growing chemical threat just last week, with two research teams reporting results […]

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