Hazardous Flame Retardants in TVs | Advocacy groups releases new research

A coalition of environmental health advocacy groups today released new research revealing hazardous and outdated flame retardant chemicals contained in streaming televisions from Best Buy and Amazon. The investigation, Toxic TV Binge, uncovered flame retardants in the plastic components of six state-of-the-art TVs under the Toshiba and Insignia brands and developed in partnership with Best Buy and Amazon. The European Union recently banned all organohalogen flame retardants in electronics displays, including TVs.

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