Sentences with phrase «as a flame retardant by»
Soy was not approved for food until 1959 and it was originally used for paint and as a flame retardant by the military.
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Chemicals covered by the plans are used as plasticizers, as flame retardants and to create nonstick surfacing as well as stain -, grease - and water - resistant coatings for cookware, textile and food packaging.
In another study by Hites, two new flame retardants — one of them sold as Firemaster 550 — were detected in more than half of the air samples taken at six sites along the shores of the Great Lakes, with the highest concentrations around Chicago and Cleveland.
A new study led by biologist R. Thomas Zoeller of the University of Massachusetts Amherst provides «the strongest evidence to date» that endocrine disrupting chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) found in flame retardant cloth, paint, adhesives and electrical transformers, can interfere with thyroid hormone action in pregnant women and may travel across the placenta to affect the fetus.
It is patented as a flame retardant but is used widely by the soft drink industry to keep citrus - flavor oils from separating from the rest of beverage.
«In some cases, such as with some kinds of flame retardants, the initial EPA review was hindered by the lack of safety and exposure data.