Vinyl flooring linked to potentially harmful substances at schools and daycare centers
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
Large areas of vinyl flooring in daycares and schools appear to expose children to a group of compounds called phthalates, which have been linked to reproductive and developmental problems, scientists are reporting. They published their results on the ubiquitous plastic ingredients in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.