Toxic Hot Seat, the movie, will be premiering on HBO at 9pm on Monday, November 25th.

 It's about chemical flame retardants and the fact they are all over the place in our homes and in our bodies. This movie addresses key questions about them, like, Do they work? And are they making people sick?

Find out who really doesn't want us asking these kinds of questions, and who certainly wouldn't want to see new retail brands emerge and be successful, particular by playing on the fact that they exclude chemical flame retardants from the products they sell.

We've written in an earlier blog entry about the award-winning 2012 Chicago Tribune investigative series "Playing With Fire."

Now Toxic Hot Seat picks up where that piece left off. It reveals a complex story of how Big Tobacco skillfully pulled the wool over fire safety officials' eyes in a way that convinced them to back a standard that mandated all furniture be treated with toxic flame retardants.

The film goes on to clue us in on what chemical companies do to mask the risks to public health, and ensure these chemical flame retardants continue to be added into our everyday products.

(originally posted 11.20.2013)