The water they contain serves primarily to aid in uniform dispersal of the chemical over the target area." Once this water ...

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Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is ...

Tokyo, Japan – Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation has decided to expand its production capacity for flame-retardant compounds based on polyolefins and thermoplastic elastomers, used for cable sheathing ...

Firefighters might face a higher risk of brain cancers caused by exposure to chemicals in fire extinguishers ... "As firefighters have exposure to such chemical agents, we examined mutational ...

An environmental scientist personally avoids installing carpet in his home. Now he’s explaining to users why the carpet in ...

An LAist investigation found toxic heavy metals in samples of fire retardant collected from the Palisades, Eaton and Franklin fires. Here's what that means.

“The increasing adoption of aluminum chemicals in water treatment processes is a key growth driver, ensuring cleaner and safer water supplies across GERMANY nations,” says Nikhil Kaitwade, Associate ...

LAist partnered with USC researchers to test samples of Phos-Chek, the fire retardant dropped on the Eaton and Palisades fires. The results came back positive for heavy metals including arsenic ...