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[quote=Anonymous]Fire retardants are one issue, an another is the chemicals used to make upholstery fabrics stain and wrinkle resistant. In buying any new furniture, I think there is good reason to be concerned about those things. But my family is too frugal to go shopping for new fancy stuff, so we minimize chemical exposure by not buying new stuff. We feel that things that have been around a while will have had a chance to mellow out in toxicity levels. Maybe that is just a rationalization for what we are doing anyway, though. When I see that something like a chair is labeled as "organic" I do groan a little. Just like when I see a sign saying the Chinese carryout is "organic" or that the drycleaner is "organic." These uses of the term are undefined and pretty much meaningless. And a sad reflection on our time, when people so want to believe that the things they consume are clean/pure/safe.[/quote]
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