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| Household dust found to have unsafe levels of toxic chemicals Posted: 01 Dec 2012 07:36 AM PST  Household dust has been found to have unsafe levels of flame retardant chemicals, often used in sofas, electronics, and other items. – shutterstock.com Researchers from the US-based environmental research group Silent Spring Institute also found high levels of a carcinogenic chemical called chlorinated Tris that was banned from children's pajamas in the late 1970s in the US. In a separate study also published this week, University of California chemist Dr. Arlene Blum found that 85 per cent of couches were treated with flame retardants, with the most common being chlorinated Tris, in addition to others also linked to cancer. In the study, she and her colleagues tested 102 sofas for flame retardant chemicals. In the study led by Silent Spring research scientist Robin E. Dodson, researchers found that dust from most of the 16 California homes they tested in 2006 and later in 2011 had unsafe levels of at least one flame retardant chemical. But there is some good news. Researchers found lower levels in three homes that had been remodelled with new floors or new furniture after 2005. As foam in sofas age, for example, chemicals can escape and get released into the air, the scientists said. Both studies appear in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. – AFP/Relaxnews | ||
| Indian inventor wins cash to develop Braille phone Posted: 01 Dec 2012 02:17 AM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content]NEW DELHI, Dec 1 – A 29-year-old Indian inventor on Tuesday won US$50,000 (RM151,960) to help him make a new low-cost mobile phone for the blind that uses a Braille display. Sumit Dagar, an industrial designer from New Delhi, beat thousands to win the money from watch company Rolex, which announced the five winners of its Awards for Enterprise ... 
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