Or, “A Reason to Finally Buy That Miele”

I hate to be alarmist — just ask my husband (“What does your wife hate to be?” “Well, alarmist, cold, scared or late.”) — but it seems your couch has figured out another way to kill you: by releasing carcinogenic flame retardent particles into your house. Don’t bother Googling “what year PBDE invented?” or “began using PBDE in furniture?” because you won’t find what you’re looking for. Supposedly vacuuming will help, but that sounds like a lot of work and also not true, right?