Household Chemicals Affect Fertility - More Testing Now! - The Petition Site
A UC Berkeley study released in late January, 2010 revealed that common household chemicals can reduce a woman's fertility.
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are flame-retardants that are found in sofas, fabrics, plastics and electronics, and are present in 97 percent of Americans. This study showed that of the 223 women monitored, the women with high levels of PBDEs were were between 30 and 50 percent less likely to conceive in a month's time!
Two types of PBDEs have been phased out by the EPA and the one still in use is set to be phased out beginning in 2013. But not only do these chemicals remain in our homes for many years, but the new chemicals that are replacing these flame-retardants are just as unknown and untested as PBDEs when they were first used.
We cannot continue this dangerous cycle of toxicity! Tell the EPA to properly test chemicals before allowing them into our homes.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
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