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Sofas may contain harmful chemicals

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A study in an environmental journal found that 85 percent of sofas from around the country contained potentially harmful toxic flame retardants that were phased out in the 1970s and in 2004. NBC's Mara Schiavocampo reports. (Nightly News)

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