Children exposed to brain-harming chemicals while sleeping
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 21, 2025
Image credit: University of Toronto Researchers are urging mattress manufacturers and governments to act, following a couple of new studies (words: the Green Science Policy Institute). Babies and young children may breathe and absorb plasticizers called phthalates, flame retardants, and other harmful chemicals from their mattresses while they sleep, according to a pair of peer-reviewed studies published today from the University of Toronto in Environmental Science & Technology and Environmen
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