Be wary of products labeled “PFOA free,” a chemical in the PFAS family, as they often contain similar chemicals instead. For much of the past decade, oil companies engaged in drilling and fracking have been allowed to pump into the ground chemicals that, over time, can break down into toxic substances known as PFAS a class of long-lasting compounds known to pose a threat to people and wildlife according to internal documents from the Environmental Protection Agency, the New York Times reports.Choose carpets and textiles without water and stain repellents (known as PFAS), which are often sprayed on after the product is manufactured.Tell manufacturers, retailers, and government agencies you want products without flame retardants.Avoid using rebonded carpet padding made from recycled or scrap polyurethane foam.Wash hands often, especially before eating or preparing food.
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The Green Science Policy Institute has tips on how to avoid some of the most common of these chemicals:
ROSIE TORRES: For my husband - 13 years ago, I made him a promise as they were wheeling him into the operating table to have his lung biopsy. Yet mounting evidence links many of these substances - stain and water repellents, flame retardants, antimicrobials, and others - to diabetes, cancer, thyroid disease, immune system dysfunction, and effects on children’s cognitive development. In this last decade, Rosie Torres got involved. There are thousands of chemicals in our furniture, electronics, cleaning products, construction materials, clothing, and more, and just a fraction of them are regulated.
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