So, is it possible that TPHP affects our animals as well as us?

[DeeDee]

http://www.ewg.org/research/nailed#.VjACGEqtpwU.facebook

I haven't polished my nails in years. Having something start chipping off and looking trashy an hour after I took the time to do it just got on my nerves. But if I still polished my nails, I'd be thinking twice about it now.

It’s not surprising that many nail polishes contain potentially toxic chemicals. Now a study conducted by researchers at Duke University and EWG finds that at least one of those chemicals could be ending up in your body.

Triphenyl phosphate, or TPHP, a suspected endocrine-disrupting chemical, is commonly used to make plastics and as a fire retardant in foam furniture. And if you wear nail polish, it could be in your body too.

[Middle Child]

Never wore nail polish, except on runs in panty hose when used to wear them (not for many many years though, now it's footless tights in winter, knee highs in summer)

How would pets be exposed to it?

[DeeDee]

How would pets be exposed to it?

Because a lot of people that are prone to polishing their own nails polish their dogs' nails also.

[Middle Child]

Oh gosh.  I never thought of that.  Good grief.