Retardants

Curbing use of fire retardants would “have a catastrophic effect on California’s ability to protect communities and infrastructure,” said Ken Pimlott, former director of Cal Fire, the country’s second biggest retardant-sprayer after the Forest Service.

This gel-infused foam mattress is also CertiPUR-US certified to be free of harmful chemicals like formaldehyde, as well as flame retardants and phthalates.

Black colored plastic has been found to potentially contain 'alarming' levels of toxic flame retardants from recycling processes.

On top of being made without fiberglass, it also doesn’t use any chemical flame retardants in the mattress either.

In a pink deluge from the sky, the retardants have been credited with saving homes and lives this bushfire season.

WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Could the newer flame retardants now being used in many household products be making cats sick?

Compounds in the PFAS family have been used in a wide range of products from flame retardants to nonstick pans.

Exposure to flame retardants once widely used in consumer products has been falling, according to a new study by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.

I also learned all about a variety of different kitchen fire retardants, namely baking soda and/or salt.

Manufacturers use of new organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRS) to consumer products has increased since 2005.

Antimony compounds are prominent additives for chlorine and bromine-containing fire retardants found in many commercial and domestic products.

From formaldehyde finishes (to improve crease-resistance) to biocidic finishes and from flame retardants to dyeing of many types of fabric, the possibilities are almost endless.

Latex and acrylic emulsions require the use of drying retardants suitable for water-based coatings.

Phosphorus -based and halogen-based flame retardants decrease production of smoke.

This effect makes organobromine compounds useful as fire retardants and more than half the bromine produced worldwide each year is put to this purpose.