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Huge math error corrected in black plastic study; authors say it doesn’t matter

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The authors of a study on toxic flame retardants from electronics made of black plastic posted a correction on Sunday .

The authors made a math error that put the estimated risk from kitchen utensils off by an order of magnitude.

The EPA 's safe level of BDE-209 is 7,000 nanograms per kilogram of body weight per day.

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