Sentences with phrase «flame retardants called»

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.

Today in Science Advances, researchers present a solution, showing that a common phosphorous - containing flame retardant called TPP can quickly quench a fire when added to the electrolyte solution that transports current between the positive and negative terminals of the battery.

Not exact matches

Industry is using it to replace a furniture flame retardant, called penta, which was banned after 2004 because it was building up in human bodies and breast milk.

The implication is that flame retardant chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can infiltrate the placenta during pregnancy and affect thyroid hormone activity at the cellular level, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).

In a warm conference room overlooking a frozen cove, Mattingly opens her laptop and calls up my results for about 40 toxins that are present in my body at above - average levels: DDT, PCBs, flame retardants, metals, phthalates, and others.

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

All of their materials meet a standard called CertiPUR - US which means they are analyzed by an independent, accredited testing laboratory and found to be free of ozone depletes, PBDE flame retardants, heavy metals, formaldehyde and phthalates.

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.