Chemicals in car interiors may cause cancer
Federal law requires that the interior of vehicles contain flame retardants. New research suggests any such protection comes at a price.
Nearly all cars investigated by Duke University researchers contained the chemical tris (1-chloro-isopropyl) phosphate, which the U.S. National Toxicology Program is investigating as a potential carcinogen.
Most cars also had two other phosphate-based flame retardants investigated as potential carcinogens.
All three chemicals are linked to reproductive and neurological problems because they don’t stay in the fabrics they’re woven into.
Read more: Environmental Science and Technology
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