TAILIEUCHUNG - Toxic Baby Furniture: The Latest Case for Making Products Safe from the Start

Most wood furniture manufacturing facilities exhaust their emissions directly to the outside of the facility without any treatment. Therefore, in addition to possible occupational exposure to VHAPs, persons living in close proximity to the plant might also be exposed to air toxic emissions from the facility. Chemicals enter the body via three primary routes: inhalation, ingestion or direct contact with the skin. In the work environment of a wood finishing line, the primary exposure route to VHAPs is inhalation. Accidental direct contact or ingestion is possible, particularly if employees are not adequately trained and/or appropriate housekeeping practices are not implemented. For persons. | Toxic Baby Furniture The Latest Case for Making Products Safe from the Start Toxic Baby Furniture The Latest Case for Making Products Safe from the Start Environment California Research Policy Center Travis Madsen Frontier Group Rachel Gibson Environment California Research Policy Center May 2008 Acknowledgments Environment California Research Policy Center gratefully acknowledges Alfred Hodgson and Raja Tannous at Berkeley Analytical Associates LLC for performing the emissions testing described in this report and for providing technical guidance. Additionally we thank Dr. Mark J. Mendell of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Gretchen Lee of the Breast Cancer Fund and John Rumpler of Environment America Research Policy Center for their insightful review. Funding for this report was provided in part by the Public Health Trust a program of the Public Health Institute through a defendant s settlement of a legal complaint. Additional generous financial support from The California Wellness Foundation and Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation made this report possible. The opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of our funders or those who provided review. Any factual errors are strictly the responsibility of the authors. Copyright 2008 Environment California Research Policy Center Environment California Research Policy Center is a 501 c 3 organization. We are dedicated to protecting California s air water and open spaces. We investigate problems craft solutions educate the public and decision makers and help Californians make their voices heard in local state and national debates over the quality of our environment and our lives. Frontier Group conducts independent research and policy analysis to support a cleaner healthier and more democratic society. Our mission is to inject accurate information and compelling ideas into public policy debates at the local state and federal levels. For more .

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