Toxicological Risks of Selected
Flame-Retardant Chemicals (2000)
Commission on Life Sciences (CLS)
This review also did not have
exposure data. They said they would greatly prefer to have exposure data,
but it was beyond their charge to take the simple steps to obtain such data.
They guessed and used data of Antimony leaching form vinyl, a nonporous
surface. This is far different than a water soluble powder applied to
breathable textile fibers. While claiming to use conservative assumptions
they assumed a child would only be able to suck 1/1000 of the chemical
contained in the sucked area after sucking for one hour. With exposure data
this part of the review would likely have reached much different
conclusions. More importantly, it is not a relevant comparison to the
greatly different circumstances of mattresses. See quotes and links to the
study at
NAS-Study
Interestingly, this review had some data
for Antimony and warned against Antimony as a flame retardant for
upholstered furniture. |