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The link I provided mentions a correction they made (where they undercalculated the EPA's reference dose of decaBDE by a factor of ten), but the study authors m
by Scramblejams 1y ago
The link I provided mentions a correction they made (where they undercalculated the EPA's reference dose of decaBDE by a factor of ten), but the study authors maintain the overall conclusion is sound. And I'd rather have zero decaBDE in my breakfast than what the EPA says is okay, whatever my cookware's color might be.
I've searched around for other corrections or challenges but haven't found any. Got a link?
- ars 1y agoFrom what I remember after the correction there was no longer a correlation with color. Obviously no one want flame retardant, but staying away from specifically black plastic doesn't do anything. I can't find a link right now, but for what I remember other authors agreed with the data after correction, but disagreed with the conclusion.
- Scramblejams 1y agoGot it. I didn't intend my original post to be color-specific. But if that's the case, then all the more reason to just bury plastics. (Or burn 'em, I guess, but when you have potentially a whole host of mystery toxic chemicals hiding in them, is your typical scrubber going to catch all of 'em? I don't know the answer, but I'd be surprised if specialization wasn't required. Probably safer to bury.)
- ars 1y agodecaBDE will burn to CO2 and bromine. Bromine is highly chemically reactive and will easily be caught in a filter. Most chemicals are like that, they are either non-reactive and safe, or reactive and dangerous but easily filtered. (The in between stuff is a bit harder.) Interestingly it's true for nuclear reactions: The highly radioactive stuff decays very fast and is not a problem, the really long lived stuff is barely radioactive. The worrisome stuff has medium length lives.