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Companies fight dirty for toxic product

By MIKE BROWN, STATE REP. ROSS HUNTER AND STATE REP. SKIP PRIEST
The News Tribune February 04, 2007

Op-ed from the Tacoma News Tribune Feb. 4, 2007 about toxic flame retardants (PBDEs)

Companies fight dirty for toxic product

MIKE BROWN, STATE REP. ROSS HUNTER AND STATE REP. SKIP PRIEST
You’d never mix toxic chem­i­cals into the orange juice your family drinks.

So why are giant chemical companies spending hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting a reform to phase out toxic flame retardants that are showing up in the breast milk of mothers all around the Puget Sound?


Read the full story here:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/insight/v-lite/story/6353242p-5670029c.html

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