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What's that red stuff coming down from the sky? By Amie Windsor, Staff writer, amie@sonomawest.comOct 31, 2017 A dual purpose: fire retardant s...

GERMAN SCIENTIST DISCOVERS FIRE RESISTANT LIQUID HERE Secret Formula to Protect House and Plant from Fire FROM THE HISTORY VAULT - NO WRITER ATTRI...

SF may ban controversial flame-retardant chemicals By Rachel Swan July 25, 2017 Updated: July 25, 2017 6:00am This 2013 file photo shows a sleep ...

Foam sample with EDA-DOPO in a flame test in the Empa laboratory. EDA-DOPO, the environmentally friendly flame retardant developed at Empa, is ...

Letter to the Editor: Keep fire safety in mind this Halloween Updated: 10/25/17 I get it. You were working in your lab late one night and didn’t re...

Water bureau OK's fire retardant drops in Portland's Bull Run watershed By Rob Davis rdavis@oregonian.com The Oregonian/OregonLive Updated on ...

In this video, leading researchers from the BCC Research Annual Conference on Recent Advances in Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materials talk about...

WASHINGTON (September 28, 2017) – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today published a guidance document in the Federal Register di...

OSHA SAYS EMPLOYERS RESPONSIBLE FOR FIRE-RETARDANT CLOTHING WASHED BY WORKERS (September 17, 2015) - The Occupational Safety and Health Administrat...

Q: How do flame retardants work? A: Flame retardants are added to different materials or applied as a treatment to materials (e.g., textiles, plast...

NORFOLK, Va. -- This fall, the U.S. Navy will start issuing flame-resistant uniforms to sailors at sea that are more comfortable and lighter-weigh...