Image: Scientific American

You probably already know there are many chemicals in the everyday products that we use — but do you know how many of them have actually been tested for consumer safety? As this telling infographic over at Scientific American shows, this number is startlingly miniscule thanks to a old legislative loophole. They explain:

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