Question from Hannah
Hi Debra, My question is about flame retardants. First of all, is drywall treated with flame retardants? I can’t find any info about that. Second, do you know of any information about whether flame retardants are able to be excreted from the body or do they build up. It would be helpful to know which chemicals we can detox and which ones we can’t so if you know of any databases with that info that would be great! Thanks very much!
Debra’s Answer
Drywall does NOT contain fire retardants. If it did, they would be listed on the MSDS. And it’s not. http://www.ncs-stl.com/msds/Drywall.pdf
Nor have I ever heard drywall associated with fire retardant exposure.
Whether flame retardants can be excreted from the body is a good question. Here’s a study that shows 92% of tris was excreted after 5 days. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6117442
The problem is that usually we are exposed to fire retardants day in and day out. So if you have say five hours of exposure sitting on a sofa watching tv and it takes five days for your body to excrete it, you’re putting it into your body faster than your body can remove it. And it will build up in your body. That’s the problem today. We are exposed to toxics faster than we can excrete them.
For more information on how you can help your body detox, see my book Toxic Free and my Toxic Free Nutrition website.
