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Lies of the fire retardant pitchmen

2012-05-07 14:21:40.154928+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

Chicago Tribune does an exposé on the lies the fire retardant lobby has sold to fill your home with potential carcinogens. Part 1 is here.

Via MeFi.

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#Comment Re: made: 2012-05-07 18:22:46.051539+00 by: other_todd

Won't make a difference. As a species we are bad at the "risk now vs risk later" game, and there's not a parent in the world that doesn't have nightmares about their kids catching fire and thus won't leap at short-term safety cushions in exchange for long-term health risks.