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	<title>Sightline InstituteNew Study: Toxic Flame Retardant Bans Have Made Our Bodies Cleaner - Sightline Institute</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An update on the case of the vanishing flame retardants. | Here&#8217;s some news to brighten your day: a new study suggests that recent bans of toxic flame retardants have made our bodies cleaner. Researchers in California were interested in the trends in &#8220;body burdens&#8221; for two classes of flame retardants known as PCBs and PBDEs. Both are &#8220;persistent, bioaccumulative toxics&#8221;&#8212;that is, they collect in animal tissues, break down slowly, and can have harmful effects on living things. PCBs were banned back in the 1970s,...]]></description>
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