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BuildingGreen.com, Why Can’t I Buy a Non-Toxic Sofa?, 14 May 2013
CBS, ConsumerWatch: East Bay Lawmaker Wants Toxics Out Of Insulation, May 2013
CBS, ConsumerWatch: Health Expert Warns Of Toxic Chemical In California Baby Products, May 2013
Washington Post, Flame retardants in consumer products are linked to health and cognitive problems, 15 April 2013
Berkeleyside, Testing Berkeley homes for hazards: What we found, 5 March 2013
SF Chronicle, Flame retardant-free furniture rare, costly, 22 February 2013
Chicago Tribune, California plan could affect toxic flame retardants in products across U.S., 8 February 2013
SFGate, S.F. ex-firefighter now battles cancer, 5 February 2013
SFGate, Flame retardants may leach from your walls, 4 February 2013
CNN, Safety of Flame Retardants in Question, 25 January 2013
Albany Patch, New Skinner Bill Opposes Flame Retardant in Building Insulation, 16 January 2013
Metropolis, Fire Storm, 27 December 2012
The People's Pharmacy, 885 Is Your Sofa Toxic?, 22 December 2012
Healthy Child Healthy World, Furniture Flame Retardants: Burning Out At Last?, 19 December 2012
NBC Nightly News, Study: Sofas may contain harmful chemicals, 9 December 2012
KQED Forum, Flame retardants spark health concerns, 5 December 2012
Scientific American blog,Worse Than Bedbugs, It’s the Couch Itself, 28 November 2012
Scientific American blog,The Environmental Fallout of Greener Buildings, 28 November 2012
Huffington Post, New Flame Retardants, Other Replacement Chemicals, Pose Same Problems As Predecessors, 28 November 2012
San Francisco Chronicle, Chemicals in furniture hard to avoid, 28 November 2012
USA Today, Many couches contain potentially toxic flame retardants, 28 November 2012
Scientific American blog, Fire Safety Buzzkill, 28 Nov 2012
KQED Science, Flame Retardants, Redux: From Toxic Couches to Buildings, 28 November 2012
California Watch, More couches contain chemicals tied to cancer risk, 28 November 2012
Durability + Design, Study Pans Insulation Flame Retardants, 28 November 2012
Chicago Tribune, Dangerous for kids' pajamas, safe for sofas?, 27 November 2012
edc, Study: Health and Environmental Risk in Building Insulation, 26 November 2012
ScienceDaily, Health and Environmental Risk in Flame Retardants in Building Insulation, 23 November 2012
The Diane Rehm Show, Debate over flame retardant chemicals in furniture, 20 September 2012
PR Watch, Citizens for Fire Safety" Smoked Out: Front Group Folds After Exposé, 10 September 2012
New York Times magazine, How dangerous is your couch? 9 September 2012
CBS, ConsumerWatch: Berkeley Scientist Fights Furniture Flame Retardants, June 2012
San Diego North County Times, State may scrap use of toxic flame retardants in furniture , 30 June 2012
HuffingtonPost, Can Governor Brown Snuff Out Flame Retardants? , 20 June 2012
CBS5 San Francisco ConsumerWatch, Berkeley scientist fights furniture flame retardants, 19 June 2012
Chicago Tribune, Coverage of Governer Brown’s June 18, 2012 announcement, 19 June 2012
Capital Public Radio, Governor Brown Asks Regulators To Revise Flammability Standards, 18 June 2012
NPR Morning Edition, Fight Over Flame Retardants In Furniture Heats Up, 23 May 2012
Rock and Ice, Beautiful minds: Blum, Reichardt, Kendall, Molenaar in Mountaineering Hall of Fame, 11 April 2012
KGO-TV/DT, Controversial fire retardant rules may soon change in Calif., 09 April 2012
Examiner, Vision-maker, activist Arlene Blum inducted in Hall of Mountaineering Excellence, 06 April 2012
Quest, The Political Firestorm Inside Your Sofa, 06 April 2012
Boulder Weekly, Of mountains and molecules: Taking on industry in the name of safety, 05 April 2012
Harvard School of Public Health, Questioning the Safety and Necessity of Flame Retardants, 27 March 2012
Berkeleyside, Snapshot: Arlene Blum, scientist, author, climber, activist, 06 March 2012
Capitol Weekly, Opinion: Sitting Safely and Comfortably in California, Op-ed, 05 May 2011
The Sacramento Bee, Flame Retardants are the Asbestos of our Time, Op-ed, 28 Apr 2011
The Washington Post, Concern grows over use of flame retardant HBCD, 04 Mar 2011
Healthy Building News, Igniting the Debate on Flame Retardants: Q&A with Arlene Blum, 10 Nov 2010
InsideEPA.com, Seeing Risks Exceed Benefits, Scientists Seek Limits On Flame Retardants, 28 Oct 2010
Health Day, Scientists Raise Concerns About Flame Retardants, 28 Oct 2010
InsideEPA.com, Study Finds Flame Retardants’ Health Risks May Outweigh Safety Benefits, 26 Oct 2010
Chemical Industry Today, Toxic Chemicals in Furniture and Other Consumer Products: Prominent Scientists Raise Concerns About Toxic Flame Retardants, 28 Oct 2010
InsideEPA.com, EPA Finds Widespread Domestic Exposure To Flame Retardant Chemicals, 25 May 2010
NY Times, Working It Out Through Walking, 14 May 2010
Rodale, Flame-Retardant Chemicals Create Unhealthy Homes, 17 Mar 2010
Rodale, Flame Retardant Furniture: Unhealthy, and Doesn't Stop Fires, 11 Mar 2010
Rodale, Kick Cancer-Causing Chemicals Off Your Couch, 11 Mar 2010
Wall Street Journal, Taking on Mountains -- and Toxic Chemicals, 14 November 2009
Berkeley eGrad, More honors for Chemistry’s high-climbing Arlene Blum, May 2009
Oakland Tribune, First U.S. woman to attempt Everest faces challenge with toxins research, 12 January 2009.
Chemical & Engineering News, Biochemist, world-class mountaineer rallies for policy work on flame retardants, December 2008
Daily Cal, Local Researcher Honored For Life of Activism, December 2008
Blum, A. Down from the mountains, down from the ivory tower College of Chemistry, UC Berkeley, Catalyst. Fall 2007.
Mobilizing scientists, industry, government and consumers to reduce toxics