News tagged with fire retardants
Some flame retardants make fires more deadly
Some of the flame retardants added to carpets, furniture upholstery, plastics, crib mattresses, car and airline seats and other products to suppress the visible flames in fires are actually increasing the danger of invisible ...
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Promising fire retardant results when clay nanofiller has space
(PhysOrg.com) -- If materials scientists accompanied their research with theme songs, a team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland might be tempted to choose the garage punk ...
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Study finds common fire retardant harmful to aquatic life
A new study by Baylor University environmental health researchers found that zebra fish exposed to several different technical mixtures of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) – a common fire retardant – during ...
May 24, 2011 |
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Study links reduced fertility to flame retardant exposure
Women with higher blood levels of PBDEs, a type of flame retardant commonly found in household consumer products, took longer to become pregnant compared with women who have lower PBDE levels, according to a new study by ...
Jan 26, 2010 |
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