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Safer Shopping

You've heard about the headline-making industrial chemicals we are exposed to daily: flame retardants, mercury, rocket fuel, Teflon chemicals. Most are poorly studied and barely regulated, so there's little way of knowing how this cocktail of chemicals is affecting our health.

This problem will not truly be fixed until our nation's toxic chemical laws are overhauled. But in the meantime, there are some things you can do to reduce your exposure.


Like visiting these websites:

Environmental Working Group

Consumer Reports

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