Avoiding Toxic Chemicals

There are tens of thousands of unregulated chemicals used in our building products, so how do you know which ones are hazardous?

These articles look at some of the most-toxic chemicals, why they are hazardous, which product groups contain them, and alternatives to using them.

You’ll learn about:

• the burgeoning green chemistry movement

• tools like Health Product Declarations that tell us what’s in products

• formaldehyde

• polyvinyl chloride

• bisphenol-A

• flame retardants

• perfluorinated compounds (PFCs)

We also offer guidance on design decisions that can reduce or eliminate the need for many of these problematic compounds.