This month, Governor Jerry Brown announced a change to California’s flame retardant laws.  In short, the new laws are designed to reduce (and possibly eliminate) the amount of flame retardant chemicals added to upholstered furniture, including juvenile furniture.  But before we get into what this change means for consumers, let’s talk about what flame retardant […]

By, Irina Webb.   The other day I was invited to a breakfast meeting that included a so-called “green products” sales representative – from a company that shall remain nameless – introducing cleaning products to a group of green-minded, intelligent, very well-intentioned women.  The sales representative declared her company’s products to be non-toxic and the women […]