[JoshGG]

What amount of fire retardants would you like in your food? How about zero? I would like zero.

These have already been banned in CA from furniture because it creates household exposure. Why would it be ok in cooking utensils?

BTW the chemicals don’t actually prevent house fires it’s basically an industry scam to put them into products.

[infecto]

Your information is incorrect.

Flame retardants were introduced into everything because of CA and Federal laws requiring items to smolder and not catch fire. While I don't believe flame retardants should be as prevalent as they are today, I also think its unfair to say they don't prevent house fires. They absolutely have done some saving but I don't think across the entire population its a net positive. These rules were originally put into place because of a number of high profile cases where kids died, the biggest vector were beds, people smoked and dropped the butt on their mattress and poof.

That rule in CA is in the right direction, glad they are helping right some of the wrong they did but it is still in everything. I think its more helpful to paint the accurate historical picture as opposed to yours which is using hyperbole to generate a reaction.

[JoshGG]

“”” Flame retardants were widely adopted in the 1970s, when in-home smoking was more prevalent and electronics frequently overheated. New research, however, shows that flame retardants are not very effective at slowing or preventing fires. “””

https://www.sfenvironment.org/how-can-i-avoid-flame-retardan...

[IshKebab]

Zero is an impractical goal. I would like zero cars on the road. Zero litter. Zero CO2 emission. Zero idiots on the internet.

Sadly we both live in the real world. "A small fraction of the recommended limit" is perfectly acceptable.

[ternnoburn]

Is 8% a small fraction? I don't think it is... sure it's not 80%, but it's definitely not 0.08% either.

[exabrial]

> it’s basically an industry scam to put them into products.

This assertion cannot possibly be correct, regardless of the study