Sentences with phrase «as flame retardant chemicals»

Numerous studies have shown that industrial pollutants such as flame retardant chemicals and mercury found in fish (such as tuna) may impair a baby's cognitive development, and is associated with reduced cerebellum size in newborns; methylmercury contamination in fish generally outweighs DHA benefits on brain development measured as children IQ.

Not exact matches

The use of certain fibers, such as wool, rayon, and acrylics, are naturally flame - retardant enough to pass the standards without the need for chemicals.

Organic Crib Mattress: As the name implies, such mattresses are made of organic materials, and absent of any chemical and industrial compounds — flame retardants, PBDE, vinyl, polyurethane foam, latex, etc., in the fear of them causing unwanted harm to their occupants.

coco mat mattress • 100 % natural materials - inherently breathable allowing constant air circulation & ventilation • naturally anti-dust mite • certified allergy protection • 100 % cotton cover flame retardants: the bloom cocomat mattress also uses a barrier layer as a flame retardant (instead of using chemicals).

Melamine has been a concern for parents in recent years — also known as cyanuramide, this synthetic chemical is used to make resins for cooking utensils, etc. and has also been used to make fertilizers, paper, paperboard, and flame retardants.

Older cribs frequently have other chemicals such as «Deca», a previously very common flame retardant, or Tris, a compound found to cause genetic mutation.

They are typically much more expensive than other crib mattresses, but don't contain chemicals and industrial compounds including flame retardants known as PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers), vinyl, and polyurethane foam.

As of January 2013, Britax required all of its suppliers to eliminate certain chemical flame retardants containing bromine, chlorine or other halogens, from all components used in its car seats and all other products — while still ensuring their ability to pass federal government standards for flammability.

Although used mattresses may appear to be a good alternative, the researchers noted that older mattresses might contain other harmful chemicals such as flame retardants now banned in mattress foams.

A bill that would make New York the first state in the nation to ban a flame retardant widely identified as a cancer threat, has faced heavy opposition from the chemical industry and may not come to a vote in the current legislative session.

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.

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.

They analyzed the creatures» eggs and found a variety of forms of chemicals known as brominated diphenyl ethers (BDEs), which are widely used as flame retardants.

Since the phase - out of PBDEs, we have begun to detect other flame - retardant chemicals in children, which are likely being used as replacements.»

Other studies have shown that women exposed to high levels of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants common in cushions, carpet padding and mattresses — 97 percent of us have detectable levels of these chemicals in our bloodstreams — are more likely to have trouble getting pregnant and suffer from other fertility issues as a result.

Manufacturers used PBDEs as the primary flame retardant chemical in furniture between 1975 and 2004 to comply with fire safety standards, with the highest use of these chemicals occurring in North America.

A class of chemicals used as flame retardants in polyurethane foam furniture padding, as well as in car dashboards and computer shells, have been gassing into the environment and turning up in everything from household dust to halibut.

One item contained three different flame retardants, and some products had levels of the chemicals that made up as much as 12.5 percent of the foam's weight, according to the study.

Newsworthy chemicals End of the flammability standard: As health concerns over flame retardants mount, California unveils a new flammability standard that avoids their use in furniture.

Many animal studies have demonstrated that several classes of flame retardants act as endocrine - disrupting chemicals and interfere with thyroid homeostasis (function), partly because they share a similar chemical structure with thyroid hormones, Sosa said.

Consumers reach for highly watered - down hydrogen peroxide to clean out minor cuts and scrapes, but the chemical also could be useful for numerous industrial processes as different as making flexible foam seat cushions or precursor chemicals for flame retardants.

Using a blue whale's earplug, Trumble and Usenko were able to extract and analyze the stress hormone cortisol, testosterone, organic contaminants such as pesticides and flame retardants, and mercury, demonstrating that both man - made and endogenous chemicals are recorded and archived in whale earwax.

Suspected EDs include pesticides, flame retardants and chemicals found in plastic goods such as bisphenol A (BPA)-- one of a group called phthalates.

Much of her current research involves human exposure science and reproductive epidemiology studies of endocrine disrupting chemicals, such as flame retardants, phthalates, BPA, and others.

The projects concern the effects of environmental exposures such as endocrine disrupting chemicals, flame retardants, pesticides, metals, particulate air pollution, as well as drugs, psycho - social stressors and ethnical disparities.

Do nt fool with fire retardants Flame - retardant chemicals common in foam products and electronics, such as mattresses and televisions, have found their way into virtually every human body.

While flame retardants and other chemicals are found in the highest levels in new mattresses, old mattresses have their fair share of problems as well.

But, just as these other industrial toxins were in decline, Swedish researchers noticed an exponential increase in breast milk levels of PBDE: PCB - like chemicals used as flame retardants in computers, mattresses, drapes, carpeting, teddy bears; everywhere.

We feel as if the biggest enemies are polyurethane foams and chemical Flame Retardants although there are a lot of other things that should be examined.

We are witnessing more obesity, diabetes, pituitary, thyroid, ovarian, and other endocrine gland disruption due to chemicals such as perchlorates (residues of synthetic fertilizer in produce), polyfluorooctanoic acid (non-stick cookware), bisphenol A (polycarbonate plastics, resin lining of cans), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (flame retardants), along with many others.

It is estimated that approximately five percent of the weight of the petroleum - based fill known as polyurethane foam is flame retardant chemicals.

PBDE chemical compounds are used as flame retardants in industries that produce electronics, furniture and foam.

They then end up in local waterways and eventually the ocean where they attract chemicals such as PCBs and flame retardants to their surfaces.

Wool batting would be better than the denim option, and is naturally flame retardant without the need of any chemical retardants as well as drying quickly.

It's being fought in the states and in Congress, as the green building industry tries to minimize the use of plastics made from toxic materials, fossil fuels, and flame retardants, and the giant chemical industry and its plastic empire loyalists fight to defend their plastic turf.

The culprit is endocrine - disrupting chemicals, which are found in plastics, furniture, flame retardants, cosmetics, receipts, nail polish, hand sanitizer, metal food cans, toys, pesticides, fast food, and countless other items — ordinary items, as you can see, that we handle on a daily basis.

''... researchers have created assemblies of nanowires that show potential in applications such as armor, flame - retardant fabric, bacteria filters, oil cracking, controlled drug release, decomposition of pollutants and chemical warfare agents.»

«Synthetic fibers are problematic because they do not biodegrade, and tend to bind with molecules of harmful chemical pollutants found in wastewater, such as pesticides or flame retardants.

That 1974 chart - topper from Canada's little sparrow, Nancy White, kept running through my brain as I read about the latest study on dust bunnies that indicates that «a persistent and bioaccumulative flame retardant» known as Dechlorane Plus (more on this chemical in TreeHugger here) can be found in household dust.

The agency reported that in addition to flame - retardant chemicals, some firefighters are exposed to asbestos as they enter buildings during emergencies.

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