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Over 100 Chemicals Released Into the Air From PVC Shower Curtains Sold At Major Retail Outlets

Jun 12th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Lead Article

Results from a two-phase study released by the Center for Health, Environment & Justice, a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing environmental health harms caused by chemical threats, show that shower curtains made with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic contain many harmful chemicals including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), phthalates and organotins; these PVC shower curtains are potentially [...]