News tagged with flame retardants
Flame retardants may be toxic to children
Chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been used for decades to reduce fires in everyday products such as baby strollers, carpeting and electronics. A new study to be presented on Monday, May 6, at the ...
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May 06, 2013 |
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Office workers carry biomarker of potentially harmful flame retardant, study finds
A flame retardant removed from children's pajamas 30 years ago but now used in polyurethane foam is prevalent in office environments, especially in older buildings, where urine testing of workers turned up widespread evidence ...
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Mar 25, 2013 |
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Gatorade pulls 'fire retardant' additive
PepsiCo subsidiary Gatorade said Friday it was removing an ingredient from its popular citrus-flavored sports drink that has a second life as a fire retardant.
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Jan 26, 2013 |
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New study: Many flame retardants in house dust—unsafe levels
A peer-reviewed study of the largest number of flame retardants ever tested in homes found that most houses had levels of at least one flame retardant that exceeded a federal health guideline. The journal Environmental Sc ...
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Nov 28, 2012 |
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Flame retardants linked to neurodevelopmental delays in children
Prenatal and childhood exposure to flame retardant compounds are linked to poorer attention, fine motor coordination and IQ in school-aged children, a finding by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, that ...
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Nov 15, 2012 |
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Flame retardant 'Firemaster 550' is an endocrine disruptor, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—The flame-retardant mixture known as "Firemaster 550" is an endocrine disruptor that causes extreme weight gain, early onset of puberty and cardiovascular health effects in lab animals, according to a new ...
Overweight and Obesity
Oct 24, 2012 |
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Common flame retardant linked to social, behavioral and learning deficits
Mice genetically engineered to be susceptible to autism-like behaviors that were exposed to a common flame retardant were less fertile and their offspring were smaller, less sociable and demonstrated marked deficits in learning ...
Genetics
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Flame retardants linked to lower-birth-weight babies
Exposure during pregnancy to flame retardant chemicals commonly found in the home is linked to lower birthweight babies, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public ...
Health
Aug 30, 2011 |
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High levels of potentially toxic flame retardants in California pregnant women
A new study finds that pregnant women in Northern California have the highest PBDE flame retardant exposures reported to date among pregnant women worldwide. It also describes some of the first evidence from humans that certain ...
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Aug 10, 2011 |
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Toxic chemicals found in kids' car seats: study
More than half of children's car seats sold in the United States contain hazardous chemicals, according to a study published Wednesday by a non-profit environmental group.
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Aug 03, 2011 |
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Dust on office surfaces can be a source of exposure to PBDEs
In a study of 31 Boston offices, polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants now banned internationally by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants were detected in every office tested. The research, ...
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Jun 30, 2011 |
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Scientists call for safety testing of chemicals to include prenatal exposures
A review published online June 22 ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) reports the conclusions of an international workshop on ways to improve chemicals safety testing for ef ...
Health
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Study documents PBDE flame retardant levels in children
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of 264 Mexican-American children living in California had higher levels of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants in their blood serum than 283 counterparts living in Mexico, according ...
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Apr 15, 2011 |
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Low doses of penta-brominated diphenyl ether flame retardants alter gene expression
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are chemicals that have been widely used as flame retardants and are now classified as persistent organic pollutants. Health concerns in humans have arisen based primarily on studies ...
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Apr 13, 2011 |
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