This column highlights the most interesting and useful business and financial commentary for consumers from around the Web every Wednesday.   Discover Magazine: 80 Beats Link: Flame Retardants Are Toxic & Haven’t Been Shown to Save Lives. Why Are They Ubiquitous? “The average American baby is born with 10 fingers 10 toes and the highest recorded levels of flame retardants among infants in the world.” So begins the Chicago Tribune’s damning four-part series about spin and science or lack thereof in the flame retardants industry. Flame retardant chemicals have become so ubiquitous—there’s two pounds of the stuff in just the cushions of a large couch—because we’ve ...