Letters from Environmental Building News
January 1, 1995

Carpets Can Be Toxic

I would like to offer some comments about your recent Carpeting article (EBN, November/December 1994). First of all, there seems to be a movement afoot in some circles to discredit the work of Dr. Anderson. She and her work have been well respected since she founded her laboratory in 1987. Suddenly, rumors are circulating that she uses mice that are sick to begin with and she has poor housekeeping habits. If that were the reason for her results, then her control mice—those not exposed to carpet—would also be dying and getting sick. The controls are fine, and Dr. Anderson continues to do good work.


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