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 ...

Chek, a red fire retardant that prevents fire spread by creating a protective barrier on plants, are being used by ...

During a fourth straight day of devastating blazes in Los Angeles County, firefighters battled fires from the ground and the air on Friday.

The US Environmental Protection Agency is failing to protect the public from a dangerous flame retardant — decabromodiphenyl ... as recycling that allows the chemical to continue to spread ...

Fourteen of the 203 tested products contained decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209), a flame retardant banned by the EPA that has been linked to cancer. This chemical was the subject of the correction.

highlighted potential health effects from exposure to the flame retardants, particularly decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE)—a chemical the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency banned in 2021 for ...

But don't rush to throw away your favorite black spatula — the jury is still out on whether these chemical remnants are cause for concern. Since the 1970s, flame-retardant chemicals have been ...

However, the study pointed out that flame retardants and other chemical contaminates have been detected in and near e-waste recycling facilities, in indoor air and dust at formal e-waste recycling ...

Editors of the environmental chemistry journal Chemosphere have posted an eye-catching correction to a study reporting toxic flame retardants ... contributor to chemical leaching, it's unclear ...