Safety on Fire | Retro Report | The New York Times

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9 жыл бұрын

There are over 80,000 chemicals in use today. The story of TRIS, removed from children’s pajamas in the 1970s, illustrates just how hard it is to regulate chemicals, or to even know if they’re safe.
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@keybyss98 6 жыл бұрын

A company that both admitted it's mistake, took necessary action, and actually VOLUNTARILY removed harmful chemicals off of it's own products? Now THAT is shocking!

@noname-wo9yy 6 жыл бұрын

Heretical!!!!

@MountedDragoon 5 жыл бұрын

Most unorthodox!

@kdohertygizbur 5 жыл бұрын

Tylenol did the same thing during the 1985 Tylenol Deaths and it wasn't even responsible for the incident

@peter_smyth 5 жыл бұрын

Industry probably phased out the chemicals to prevent them from being banned, as that may lead to more chemical banning and regulation of the industry.

@modernwar2ghostrp 4 жыл бұрын

This is fairly common. They want to make safe products. They didn't even want to use these chemicals in the first place but had to by law. Once they find out something is bad most companies don't want to hurt their image and consumer so they move to something else.

@Lu1giopl 5 жыл бұрын

I have been watching a lot of these retro report the last two weeks they are awesome, I love hearing these older news stories and how they correlate with today.

@soyoudonthaveananglehuh8513 7 жыл бұрын

Sometimes people get hurt MORE by the things put in place to protect them.

@TheJttv 6 жыл бұрын

The do-nothing alternative is often overlooked or buried. Especially when the public is unhappy.

@BF3blog 9 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who noticed how unbelievably white that guy's teeth were?`It's like he never used them for anything but to smile.

@EliRides1 9 жыл бұрын

BF3blog *** LOL ***

@danthemanmc6173 6 жыл бұрын

BF3blog t That was the first thing I said to my self when I saw him.

@johnsonyessir6638 6 жыл бұрын

dentures maybe?

@MultiNaruto900 5 жыл бұрын

Could literally feature in commercials for Colgate, Listerine, etc

@zari2662 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder of his teeth hurt from having them whitened 😬

@cewe2003 4 жыл бұрын

So I can’t even sit on my couch w/o worrying about getting cancer? What the actual heck?!?!?!

@tahiramehmet7163 5 жыл бұрын

all the more reason to sleep naked.

@kamiyabritton7098 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@trashboye1235 5 жыл бұрын

THE ONLY THING THAT'S A FIRE HAZARD NOW IS MY MIXTAPE

@politelady123 5 жыл бұрын

They should do a story about the chemical that almost got rid of bedbugs completely (but caused cancer)... now bedbugs are back with a VENGEANCE!

@bedussy6749 2 жыл бұрын

What’s the chemical?

@politelady123 2 жыл бұрын

@@bedussy6749 DDT

@Loveroffood41 4 жыл бұрын

Quite a few years ago when I was in grade school I did a science project that was all about different fabrics and there are some Fabrics that I would never put a child in for pajamas if you're worried about the child burning to death I remember that the two best Fabrics that we're flame retardant was wool in carpet. It also scares me how there's some chemicals in our own clothes that can cause issues.

@justalurker5412 4 жыл бұрын

Wonder if they had a fire sale to get rid of all those pajamas. 🤔

@MultiNaruto900 5 жыл бұрын

*Ironic. TRIS could protect children from fire, but couldn't protect them from itself.*

@Tracymmo 2 жыл бұрын

:41 Rep. Henry Waxman. Was in the House for 40 years

@Thek0easy 9 жыл бұрын

Interesting stuff

@Moonsabie 9 жыл бұрын

how is IKEA doing?

@victormontes3499 4 жыл бұрын

I love that intro music, and then that narrator’s voice! Gets you ready for an awesome story!

@TheMichael408 8 жыл бұрын

I remember in the late 90s early 2000s seeing flame retardant child clothing in department stores. Are they still popular?

@MelanieHC93 8 жыл бұрын

In short, in the U.S. children's pajamas are now required to be either fire resistant or tight fitting as loose clothing is more likely to catch fire.

@dacypher22 3 жыл бұрын

Okay, I am not one of those "If I can't recognize the chemical name it scares me and I think it is unsafe" kind of people, but this man just tried to re-assure us by saying "there is not a consensus for a negative impact on human health today in the levels we encounter in homes". So basically, don't worry about it because 100% of the medical field doesn't agree yet.

@kateh6706 2 жыл бұрын

He’s not saying what you think he is. There’s no way to definitively prove that something doesn’t have a negative effect, but all science points to the fact that it is safe.

@dacypher22 2 жыл бұрын

@@kateh6706 I get that. Just the wording was poor. "There is not a consensus for a negative impact" was maybe a poor choice of words. It implies that there are some in the medical field who believe there is a negative impact. A lot of times statements like that are filtered through a public communicator to soften the statement without lying.

@kateh6706 2 жыл бұрын

@@dacypher22 no it wasn’t poor wording. it was scientific wording and the average person is unable to understand what that means

@BlackParadeMarcher1 4 жыл бұрын

ok, but why were so many kids catching on fire??

@46st 3 жыл бұрын

Dats wat I'm saying I don't get wat started this

@rachelhansbro7802 Жыл бұрын

They likely weren’t many deaths, a suitable excuse for people to accept the use of the new ‘toxic’ product

@victoriasmith5396 3 жыл бұрын

Highly recommend “Toxic Hot Seat” ,the documentary about this chemical.

@rogerszmodis 3 жыл бұрын

I would rather they find out why enough kids were catching on fire for this to even be a thing. Did parents just put their kids to bed with a stiff drink and a cigarette in the 60/70’s?

@kateh6706 2 жыл бұрын

It’s not that a ton of kids were catching on fire, it’s that most deadly house fires occur in the middle of the night.

@Tracymmo 2 жыл бұрын

What Kate H said, but yes, we had booze and cigs at bedtime.

@BLUEGENE13 5 жыл бұрын

do you know how hard it would be to test EVERY SINGLE NEW CHEMICAL?

@techhelpportal7778 4 жыл бұрын

Well it is hard. But they still test it for safety

@aemxo 7 жыл бұрын

Jeez just how long has Al Gore been in politics?

@CarDietrich 6 жыл бұрын

Long enough to be a democrat from the south

@userequaltoNull 6 жыл бұрын

Too long.

@smenard1107 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think it’s too much to ask to be able to light my couch on fire every night before I got to bed.

@plane1880 4 жыл бұрын

It the 80s my sleeping bag caught on fire with me in it. So scary

@OldcastleElf 4 жыл бұрын

Pamela Duncan how did it start?

@MsJinkerson 5 жыл бұрын

if you look back what products are more dangerous

@paramyxos8255 3 жыл бұрын

Forget triss or whatever I’m suing that senator his teeth blinded my entire family, even my brother who only saw them in the mirror

@emiliamay6153 5 жыл бұрын

Did I see A OCEAN CITY NJ BOARDWALK?

@techhelpportal7778 4 жыл бұрын

What about ocean city MD

@alunchurcher7060 4 жыл бұрын

testing by governments or even local authorities cost money, how much extra tax again both local and governmental are you willing to pay. its like the infrastructure which mainly is in need of some repair or other or even renewing, its all available but at a cost as is a better education system. money is the root to evil yet its also the route to a better life for all.

@bradandmawm3630 5 жыл бұрын

Brominated ANYTHING tends to be a bad idea. Bromine is incredibly dangerous.

@davidbohn230 3 жыл бұрын

His teeth have more chemicals than all the sofas in the US combined 😂

@seewhaticcurious1 2 жыл бұрын

Put the kids to bed in wool. Very effective!

@LeafyCantPlayGames 5 жыл бұрын

Mutagens? Tris?? Interesting. >_>

@whatlee8671 4 жыл бұрын

I get the videos point, but foods that people feed their children everyday Have been deemed carcinogenic by the world health organization back in 2015. Foods such as sausages, hotdogs, burgers, pepperoni, slim Jim’s, bacon and any canned or processed packaged meat; but where’s the uproar ? These foods have been put in the same category as cigarettes for their carcinogenic affects on the human body.

@VoidHalo 8 жыл бұрын

Lol why the mention of polar bears? That's just so out of place compared to the other things they mentioned.

@errhka 8 жыл бұрын

+Nothing\ they use polar bears as a test measure for how far chemicals travel in terms of being leached into the ocean. If it's made it to polar bears, that's significant

@jordansmith3721 6 жыл бұрын

Nothing\ Your name implies exactly why you need to do more research. You know NOTHING.

@fikarsaddamhussien4851 4 жыл бұрын

I am the government based on history & Rules.

@ceasium98 5 жыл бұрын

Erm isn't it basic A-level chemistry that halogens and halides are highly reactive and thus potential mutagens? Oh wait this is USA

@allenmontrasio8962 6 жыл бұрын

Of course, cotton is not flammable, but hey, why give up synthetic materials?

@anthonylarranaga5161 5 жыл бұрын

Ummm...I'm a volunteer firefighter, and I can tell you with 100% certainty that cotton IS flammable

@anthonylarranaga5161 5 жыл бұрын

The difference is that cotton, unlike synthetic nylon and polyester blends, doesn't melt when it burns. That's why a lot of departments, including mine, use it in work uniforms.

@Joesdifferent 5 жыл бұрын

I am the new pending patent owner of a mechanical device that can potentially lower the death rate in fire-related scenarios in high story buildings across the world. I have spent thousands of hours testing these products and the related scenarios for a human being to escape from high story buildings and be down on the ground in seconds. The name of my devices the Z runner self-rescue system. #Zrunner #Zrunnerselfrescuesystem

@global001 3 жыл бұрын

What I learn from watching NY Times videos on safety is that in America, money and wealth is King and the only important thing, well above the American peoples lives. Politicians will protect a companies right to sell a dangerous product and make profits over the lives of the children it damages. They wont even issue a ban on a product they know is dangerous so that another profiteer can come along further down the line and make money from making kids sick. The American political system needs overhauling

@una-5023 4 жыл бұрын

Such white teeethh

@fynnmartin4667 3 жыл бұрын

that state senator had the whitest teeth ever

@clairmac 3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone else wonder how the kids kept catching fire in their sleep? Sorry this sounds stupid and I'm really trying not to be come off blase or anything like but I just can't comprehend how there was so many of these incidents, that a law had to be enacted to make "fire proof" jammies. I mean, what happened in the 60s and early 70s?

@zaniyafarmer 4 жыл бұрын

back in the day everyone thought literally everything was going to cause cancer

@oldplace5 6 жыл бұрын

Seems like a gross over reaction.

@TJ-bu9zk Жыл бұрын

much like 2020-2022... we don't learn

@KMcNally117 8 жыл бұрын

A wild Al Gore!

@leebeyer3 5 жыл бұрын

*Debating whether or not to like at 420 thumbs up* 🤔🤔🤔

@deserthighways4095 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone who actually believes spokespersons from the Chemical industry also believes in Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, and that Donald Trump will ever make America great again.

@lotusjaggarage2989 5 жыл бұрын

I bet you like having more money in your pocket and the stock market is much higher than it ever has been as far as im concerned trump has made America great again