Sentences with phrase «flame retardants»

In fact, a study by the Environmental Working Group and Duke University found higher concentrations of flame retardant chemicals in children than adults.

However, what Naturepedic is known for is their innovative natural design and intelligent mattress construction, which allows for Naturepedic to pass all Federal and State flammability standards without the use of flame retardant chemicals or barriers.

PBDEs have been widely used as flame retardants in furniture, carpet padding, car seats and other consumer products over the past three decades.

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.

Kopf said they plan to further examine the cardiovascular effects of brominated flame retardants in an animal model of high blood pressure.

Chemist Arlene Blum, Ph.D., who carried out groundbreaking research on flame retardants in the 1970s that was instrumental in the banning of tris and Fryol from children's sleepwear, says that given the very high volume of HBCD use, its persistence in the environment, its toxicity, and that fact that it's being found at rapidly increasing levels in the arctic and in wildlife globally, the chemical «should only be used with caution and when absolutely necessary.»

San Francisco has banned the sale of upholstered furniture and children's products containing flame retardant chemicals.

But as noted on TreeHugger many times, is made from fossil fuels and is often treated with toxic flame retardants.

They are certified organic and non-toxic by the Global Organic Textile Standard and meet federal flammability standards without the need for flame retardant chemicals of any kind.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Indiana University and the University of Georgia do report evidence linking the disease to exposure to environmental contaminants called polybrominated diphenyl (PBDEs), dust shed from flame retardants in household carpeting, furniture, fabrics.

This is a car seat which is free from any harmful chlorinated flame retardants.

Plus, all materials in the Travel Crib Light are made without flame retardants.

Hirsch, therefore, passed the samples on to Stephanie Mathes at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in Wädenswil, who examined the new flame retardants for skin tolerance with her team.

The popularity of these drinks may explain why there are fairly high levels of flame retardants found in vegans.

The investigators studied application of various doses of a common PBDE flame retardant on human adrenal cells in culture dishes and compared the effects with those of only the vehicle, the inactive substance used to deliver the chemical.

If you can't afford organic wool mattresses, polyester is better than foam, because it's made flame retardant with silicon instead of chemicals.

Thanks to a law passed in California in the 1970s that was later adopted nationwide, mattresses must meet certain flame retardant standards.

Several techniques have been used to prevent battery fires, such as adding flame retardants to the electrolyte.

The researchers found that a metabolite of one commonly used organophosphate flame retardant, tris (1,3 - dichloro -2-propyl) phosphate (TDCIPP), occurred at levels 15 times higher in 2014 - 2015 samples than in samples from 2002 - 2003.

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.

«Common flame retardant chemical disrupts a hormone that is essential to life.»

Environmental epidemiologists at Columbia University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention measured the concentrations of widely used flame retardants known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the umbilical cord blood of American infants.

House Couturier manufacture all made to measure curtains and blinds to the highest standard for both domestic and contract applications — flame retardant fabrics used in commercial projects.

A newly - released study seems to shed even more light on the connection between flame retardant compounds and feline hyperthyroidism, suggesting that fish - flavored cat food could be a culprit.5

Some brands such as Britax have removed halogenated flame retardants from their seats due to their toxicity to people and the environment.

According to Federal law, many of these chemicals are used to make mattresses flame retardant, and in order to accomplish this increased flame resistance, mattress making corporations were forced to add more toxic chemicals to mattresses.

Robert Luedeka, executive director of the U.S. Polyurethane Foam Association, a group representing companies that supply foam for furniture - makers, says customers are now very worried and confused about flame retardants in furniture.

It's important to know that many car seat covers are not made with flame retardant materials.

As required by state and federal safety standards mattresses, car seats and other products containing foam must meet stringent flame retardant standards.

Three popular brands of baby mattresses that were marketed in recent months to families and day care centers contained toxic flame retardants linked to increased cancer risk, according to laboratory tests conducted for the Chicago Tribune.

On top of that, the mattress is also flame retardant.

Blum was a part of the movement to ban flame retardants in that merchandise.

These double strollers all pass my standards for being safe, non-toxic, and free of hazardous flame retardants.

in vitro culture of human nerve cells (yellow; nuclei: purple) exposed to various concentrations of different flame retardants: PBDE 99 is already in use and suspected to be harmful to health; the substance was thus used as a positive control.

Also, it is treated with the brominated flame retardant HBCD, which we think should be banned.

Similar highly fluorinated chemicals are contained in flame retardants at airports and on military bases.

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Some regular mattresses may have been treated with potentially toxic flame retardants called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), which have been linked to learning, memory, and behavioral impairments, according to Lunder.

We spend far too much time in our homes and especially sleeping in bed to be spending it in a toxic filled home, on flame retardant sprayed mattresses and bed linens.

Ask if flame retardants are used and if there are alternate choices.

However, the lungs are primarily affected by flame retardants during production and processing in powder form.

Researchers are constantly striving to develop better and safer flame retardants.

Through multiple studies over the past five years, Heather M. Stapleton and colleagues have found that organophosphates are among the most commonly detected flame retardants in furniture and electronics.

Blood Levels of Flame Retardants Correlate with House Dust Exposure Earthtalk: Fire Retardant Dangers

Have an escape plan in case of fire in your home, use flame retardant sleepwear and teach your child about fire safety (never play with matches, etc.).