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Ashley Furniture Eliminates Toxic Flame Retardants in Furniture! (UPDATE)

In the last few years awareness about the toxicity in flame retardant chemicals in furniture has grown tremendously. Ashley is phasing out toxic flame retardants in their furniture. But they haven’t disclosed when these chemicals will be eliminated.

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Flame Retardants & Car Seats: when parents do everything right and it is still wrong.

It is time for companies to do right by all of our children and provide truly NON-TOXIC products for our children. Items such as car seats are some of the products that are commonly on the toxic treadmill.

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7 ways states are tackling toxics in 2015

Federal reform of our broken national toxics law may be decades overdue, but our friends at States say at least 28 states will propose policies in the next year to reduce exposures to untested and toxic chemicals in consumer products.

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