Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Saturday, September 04, 2004
Another reason to go vegan
Traces of Toxic Chemicals Found in Supermarket Food, Study Says
(by Seth Borenstein, published on Thursday, September 2, 2004 by Knight Ridder)
WASHINGTON - A wide variety of food in American supermarkets is contaminated with tiny doses of toxic manmade chemical flame retardants, according to a new study of everyday groceries released Wednesday.
Samples of grocery stores’ fish, pork, duck, turkey, cheese, butter, milk, chicken, ice cream and eggs were tainted with polybrominated diphenyl ethers, known as PBDEs, according to a peer-reviewed article in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
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