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Flame Retardants in Consumer Products: Does the Benefit Justify the Harm?

Take a late lunch and join talk by speaker Arlene Blum, mountaineer, author, and scientist, who founded the Green Science Policy Institute to bring science into policy to protect our health and environment.

Blum will talk about toxic flame retardants in everyday furniture and the Green Science Policy Institute's efforts to eradicate their use. 

, organizer of Last Fridays Ladies Lunch monthly gathering where Blum has been a speaker in the past. 

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