Category Archives: Flame Retardant Chemicals

New flame retardants show up in wildlife

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Laura B.

Read/listen to the full story from the Great Lakes Radio Consortium. A study of gull eggs shows that more chemicals used as flame retardants are showing up in the environment.

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Don't Bite the Dust

Posted on September 4, 2007 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Science News. …authors of the new cat study argue in an upcoming issue of Environmental Science & Technology that house cats “may serve as sentinels to better assess human exposure and adverse health outcomes related … Continue reading →

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NIST Re-evaluates Environmental Reference Materials to Report on Flame Retardant Chemicals

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Environmental Protection. If only the flame retardant chemicals routinely added to consumer products from carpets to cell phones just did their job and nothing more. Health officials, however, are concerned that one class of these … Continue reading →

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Chemical Flame Retardants Linked to Thyroid Disease in Cats

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Laura B.

Read the full story from HealthDay News. A mysterious epidemic of thyroid disease in pet cats in the United States may be due to dust from fire-retardant chemicals used in carpets, furniture, mattresses, electronic products and even pet food, researchers … Continue reading →

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E-Waste Hazards: Chinese gear recyclers absorb toxic chemicals

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Science News. Residents of a Chinese region where 80 percent of families include workers who dismantle and recycle electronic devices have high concentrations of flame-retardant chemicals in their blood, researchers report. Inhabitants of a fishing … Continue reading →

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Brominated flame retardant to get US ban

Posted on July 3, 2007 by Laura B.

Read the full story at Ecotextile News. Washington will become the first US state to phase out the use of the brominated flame retardant Deca-BDE in consumer products beginning in 2008 provided a safer alternative is found. This substance is … Continue reading →

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Scientists Create Flame-resistant, 'Green' Plastic

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Fire & Emergency Response. Scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have created a synthetic polymer — a building block of plastics — that wouldn’t need the flame-retardant chemicals that are added to many plastics … Continue reading →

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Toxic trade-off

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Laura B.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram ran a three part series about the prevalence of toxics in everyday products. It includes a multimedia presentation (requires Flash). Toxic trade off http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/16155377.htm Flame retardant risk stokes debate http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/16160154.htm Nonstick chemicals may pose a threat … Continue reading →

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ESA Rules: Plain English Version (Part 1)

Posted on October 13, 2006 by Laura B.

In the October issue of Environmental Protection, Nick Albergo offers an explanation of the new standards related to Phase 1 environmental site assessments and the necessity for an opinion regarding additional investigations.

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Study Finds Flame Retardant Chemicals In Washington State's Rivers, Lakes

Posted on September 5, 2006 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Water & Wastewater Products. Flame retardant chemicals are building up in some of Washington’s rivers and lakes, according to a state Department of Ecology (Ecology) study released on Aug. 31. Ecology collected fish from 20 … Continue reading →

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