From: USA Today
NEW YORK — It's frightening stuff.
by Edward C. Baig
During a single week back in
August in which I bopped in and around New York City, I was exposed to
at least 16 hazardous chemicals. These included phthalate chemicals of
the type banned in kids toys and pacifiers, flame retardants such as
TCPP and TPP, and Galaxolide, a common fragrance found in cleaning and beauty products.
I'm aware of the sobering details because of a wearable.
While
most of us don high tech bands and fitness bracelets to count steps or
calories burned, the ordinary looking, waterproof, silicon black band I
had on my wrist for those seven days serves a very different purpose. It
passively absorbs organic compounds that may be present in the air,
water or consumer products around you. In fact, it can currently detect
1,418 chemicals. MORE
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