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June 5th, 2015 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
Chemicals that are used in the manufacture of child car seats contained substances that are potentially toxic to a child in its developmental years, the Ecology Center revealed Thursday. Nearly 75 percent of seats were affected.
The toxic chemicals highlighted included arsenic, bromine,
chlorine, lead and other heavy metals, the nonprofit group found.
Fifteen 2014-model car seats were tested in the study using gas
chromatography/mass spectrometry, which measure vapors and
chemical compounds. The tests checked specifically for flame
retardant chemicals, as well as toxic elements such as arsenic
and lead.
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The Ecology Center found that 73 percent of the 377 child car
seats tested contained hazardous halogenated flame retardants,
and more than half contained non-halogenated organophosphate
flame retardants, some of which are hazardous as well.
“Car seats save lives. It’s absolutely essential that parents
put their children in them while driving, regardless of the
rating a particular seat received at HealthyStuff.org,” said
Jeff Gearhart, the Ecology Center’s research director, said in a
statement.
“However, our research shows that some car seats contain more
harmful chemicals than others. The best rated companies in our
study, Britax and Clek, have been making great strides to produce
healthier products.”
The study included car seats from Britax, Clek and Graco.
Britax’s 2014-2015 Frontier and Marathon Convertible car seats
and Clek’s Foonf convertible car seat were the best performing
when evaluated using a methodology which tested for a range of
chemical hazards in the products. Graco’s My Size 65 convertible
car seat had the poorest rating.
Repeated exposure to the chemicals found in the car seats have
consistently been linked to thyroid problems, learning and memory
impairment, decreased fertility, and cancer. Scientists were
particularly concerned about what happens when a child spends
hours in a car seat when that car seat is exposed to heat and
UV-rays, because heat can accelerate the release of chemicals
from products into the environment.
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They also discovered that flame retardant chemicals added to the
seat materials are not bound to the car seat, posing a risk that
infants, toddlers and children can inhale, ingest or absorb the
chemicals through the skin over time.
“This study reminds us that the lack
[of] regulation of chemicals in vehicles and vehicle components,
like children’s car seats, has resulted in vehicle interiors
having some of the highest levels of hazardous chemicals
including flame retardants,” said Andy Igrejas, director of the
Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition. “Yet in the face of increased
consumer vigilance and activism, industry has responded by trying
to exempt itself from aspects of federal regulation on
chemicals.”
The study is the fifth
in a series begun in 2006.
When it comes to
government agencies, the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976 made
it the responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency to
evaluate chemicals in consumer goods, though enforcing
regulations has been extremely difficult.
The House Energy and
Commerce Committee gave a nearly unanimous vote on
Wednesday, accordingto the Hill, to a toxic chemical
safety bill that would overhaul the 1976 act and give the EPA
latitude to issue risk management regulations on products and
have the rules apply nationally. The bill is headed to the House
floor for a vote later this month.
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