As a result of the first two FSEEE lawsuits, fire retardants can not be dropped within 300 feet of a waterway without obtaining a permit.The official judgment reads, "Aerial retardant drops are ...

With wildfires happening more often and burning more area, homes need to be “hardened” to make them more fire-resistant ...

That's right, a single ingredient is the spark behind the "Mountain Dew contains flame retardant" rumor. The chemical, while not a flame retardant, shares similarities with compounds found in some ...

Researchers at Texas A&M University have developed a nontoxic one-step flame-retardant cotton coating process that can be ...

Las Vegas — Materials maker Avient Corp. has developed a flame-retardant (FR) composite sandwich panel for modular ...

Very Large Airtankers can deliver thousands of gallons of fire retardant at one time, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. It's the largest type of fire fighting airplane and can ...

Veteran firefighters appear to have a higher risk of brain tumors called gliomas, which can be caused by gene mutations linked to flame retardant ... versus those who did not," Claus said in ...

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Veteran firefighters appear to have a higher risk of brain tumors called gliomas, which can be caused by gene mutations linked to flame retardant ... versus those who did not,” Claus said ...