Materials firms across the U.S. are being challenged by a shortage of antimony trioxide (ATO) flame retardants. The material mainly is supplied to the U.S. from China, but trade disputes that ...

One well-studied type of flame retardant called polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, is the “greatest contributor to intellectual disability” in children, resulting in a total loss of ...

It comes with 10-foot buffers between homes, flame-resistant vents, noncombustible gutters and fake window shutters made of concrete. Dixon Trail is in a rural, fire-prone area, roughly five miles ...

It comes with 10-foot buffers between homes, flame-resistant vents, noncombustible gutters and fake window shutters made of concrete. Dixon Trail is in a rural, fire-prone area, roughly five miles ...

Las Vegas — Materials maker Avient Corp. has developed a flame-retardant (FR) composite sandwich panel for modular construction walls, flooring and ceilings. The producer of compounds ...

Polymer flame retardants, originally developed as a “non-toxic” alternative to banned chemicals, may be harboring a dangerous risk of their own, a new study suggests. New analysis of two polymeric ...

TUESDAY, March 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Firefighters might face a higher risk of brain cancers caused by exposure to chemicals in fire extinguishers, a new small-scale study says.

Backyard pools have been turned vibrant pinks and reds by the retardant. (Getty Images: Justin Sullivan ) The winds would also mean the aircraft designed to dump water and retardant on impacted ...

A firefighting aircraft drops Phos-Chek pink fire retardant on Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7 (Image credit: Mario Tama/Staff via Getty Images). It's hard to measure the efficiency of fire retardant ...

As fire crews and air tankers work to block the wildfires' explosive growth, images of red clouds of fire retardant falling onto trees are common. What is it — and what's in it?

As fire crews and air tankers work to block the wildfires' explosive growth, images of red clouds of fire retardant falling onto trees are common. What is it — and what's in it?