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Your Couch May Be Giving Off A Toxic Flame Retardant That Was Outlawed Over 35 Years Ago
November 28, 2012 Manufacturers removed the cancer-causing flame retardant from baby pajamas in 1977 - but apparently no one in the furniture industry got the memo. A recent study shows that more than half of the couches sold in the United States contain the toxic chemical in question: pentaBDE.