Sentences with phrase «flame retardants during»

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

After my first pregnancy, I learned about how dangerous it can be to expose my children to toxic chemicals and flame retardants during their early years.

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During the conversion of conventionally grown cotton into apparel and textiles, many hazardous materials are used during processing and screen - printing, including dyes, silicone waxes, harsh petroleum scours, softeners, heavy metals, flame retardants, ammonia, formaldehyde, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC in screen printing)-- to just name During the conversion of conventionally grown cotton into apparel and textiles, many hazardous materials are used during processing and screen - printing, including dyes, silicone waxes, harsh petroleum scours, softeners, heavy metals, flame retardants, ammonia, formaldehyde, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC in screen printing)-- to just name during processing and screen - printing, including dyes, silicone waxes, harsh petroleum scours, softeners, heavy metals, flame retardants, ammonia, formaldehyde, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC in screen printing)-- to just name a few.

From the bodily harm that chemicals like BPA, phthalates, PVC and flame retardants can present, to the ramifications of using plastic — polluting the earth, often poisoning its inhabitants during both the production and the disposal, and using up natural resources — the costs are too high for us.

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).

The current law sets no requirements for how to keep products from burning during those critical 12 seconds, so furniture manufacturers turned to an array of chemical flame retardants mixed directly into the foam.

Many sheets are also treated with chemicals to make them flame retardant, stain resistant or water resistant, and a person can breathe in the vapors from these chemicals during sleep.

RoHS restricts the use of hazardous substances including lead, mercury, cadmium, and certain flame retardants that can pollute landfill and are potentially harmful to workers during manufacturing and recycling.

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