Speaking of Retardants...
Flame retardant study raises red flags for health risk
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/070129dust.html
Flame retardants in indoor air and dust. Great. I already knew it before this story but still...
Several months back, there was a local TV reporter who thought he was doing a public service by doing a story (no more than 20 seconds, IIRC) about how flame-retardant children's pyjamas were absolutely required to make sure kids slept safely without catching on fire. Otherwise, kissing them goodnight may be the last time you saw them. (I swear to god, he said something to this effect.) He implied, quite urgently, that if children (and only children) went to bed without flame-retardant treated pyjamas, they would burn to a crisp quietly in the night without ever making a peep to alert you to the fire.
There are so many ways of pointing out what stupid journalism this was, that I'm not going to guide you through the obvious.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/070129dust.html
Flame retardants in indoor air and dust. Great. I already knew it before this story but still...
Several months back, there was a local TV reporter who thought he was doing a public service by doing a story (no more than 20 seconds, IIRC) about how flame-retardant children's pyjamas were absolutely required to make sure kids slept safely without catching on fire. Otherwise, kissing them goodnight may be the last time you saw them. (I swear to god, he said something to this effect.) He implied, quite urgently, that if children (and only children) went to bed without flame-retardant treated pyjamas, they would burn to a crisp quietly in the night without ever making a peep to alert you to the fire.
There are so many ways of pointing out what stupid journalism this was, that I'm not going to guide you through the obvious.