A higher-than-normal level of fire retardant chemicals associated with cancer and other adverse health threats have been found in Maui firefighters who battled the 2023 Lahaina wildfire. According to ...

Chen likened polymers to a Trojan horse carrying harmful chemicals inside a seemingly innocuous shell. The polymeric versions emerged to replace brominated flame retardants that had been banned or ...

Rising Demand in the Plastics and Rubber Industry: With the rapid expansion of the plastics sector, alumina trihydrate has ...

A new study has found that firefighters may be more likely to develop specific gene mutations linked to gliomas, the most ...

The project is funded by the Air Force, and at an update meeting Tuesday, one of its leaders, Howie Abernathy of the South ...

Veteran firefighters appear to have a higher risk of brain tumors called gliomas, which can be caused by gene mutations linked to flame retardant chemicals called haloalkanes, researchers reported ...