HENSEL: Every year, house fires wreak destruction on property, and lives. One way of reducing these fires, is through laws that require household items to be more fire resistant. So manufacturers apply fire retardants chemicals to furniture foam, electronic equipment and other consumer products.
NANCY FORD, Consumer Product Safety Commission: What we sought to do is limit the intensity and the spread of the fire. This will give consumers added time to discover the fire and escape their homes.
HENSEL: They may slow fires, but some scientists now warn these fire-retardant chemicals could potentially be unleashing a much bigger threat to human health when they are breathed in by people and pets, possibly causing neurological and developmental damage, as well as cancer
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