Sentences with phrase «retardant plastics»

San Diego, California About Blog GPS blogs about Fire testing, fire retardant plastics, Methane Gas, 4 types of polyethylene, etc..

Those include, but are not limited to, managing paper and waste ink in zero - G, making fully flat retardant plastics and printing in a whole bunch of different orientations.

Not exact matches

BPA, the synthetic estrogen, is used to soften the plastic that lines the can; colas contain caramel coloring shown to cause cancer in humans; and citrus - flavored sodas contain BVO, a flame retardant used in rocket fuel that may reduce fertility and negatively affect thyroid hormones.

Flame retardants such as PBDEs are found in foam products like mattresses, couches, and carpets and electronic plastic casings.

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.

Over 40 % of seat cushions tested contained no brominated flame retardants and 77 % of the seats were free of PVC - plastic.

My risk management skills went into overdrive when I discovered that about 80 per cent of baby gear in the United States contains fabrics and plastics that are saturated with flame retardants, formaldehyde, bisphenol A and other toxic chemicals.

Driven by revelations of lead in children's toys, hormone - mimicking chemicals in plastic baby bottles and controversial flame - retardants in furniture, state environmental officials drafted a set of rules aimed at products with chemicals that have been linked to illness or abnormal development

Empa's extensive research on HBCD, formerly used as a flame retardant for plastics, electronics and textiles, and especially for insulation panels in buildings, contributed to the new regulation of HBCD under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).

In May, Apple announced that all of its new products would be free from brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a chlorinated plastic, by the end of 2008.

Bromine, present in compounds used in flame retardants, was above the maximum level allowed under RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances — a European Union directive) in 19 plastic items.

In the meantime, IKEA, the Swedish home furnishings company, as well as Apple, IBM, and Motorola, have already switched to foams and plastics treated with less - hazardous flame retardants.

The company said last year that all of its new products would be free from brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a chlorinated plastic, by the end of this year.

Antimony, for example, is a naturally occurring silver - colored metal that is widely used by numerous industries to make plastics, vulcanized rubber, flame retardants and a host of electronic components including solar cells and LEDs.

Brominated flame retardants are very good at preventing plastics and textiles from catching fire.

Scientists were able to detect traces of 163 of those compounds, including mercury, flame retardants, DDT, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and phthalates (a pervasive chemical that makes plastics soft and facilitates the addition of scents to shampoos, soaps, lotions, and deodorants).

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

Pesticides, flame - retardants, plastics, and other chemicals in the environment that can disrupt hormones may also be partly to blame.

In fact, if you could peek inside your body youd find fire - retardant chemicals, heavy metals, pesticides, plastic particles, and dozens of other residues of modern life.

Corporations use hormone - disrupting phthalates to soften PVC plastic and add fire retardants to plastic electronic items.

It's also used in plastics manufacturing and as a common fire retardant in furniture cushions and some foam children's products.

Flame retardants are routinely added to furniture, fabrics, plastics, insulation, and many other materials found in our homes.

They are found in everyday products such as plastic bottles, food cans, detergents, flame retardants, cosmetics, and pesticides.

Car exhaust, secondhand smoke, flame retardants, plastic packaging, heavy metals, pesticides, exogenous hormones in conventional meat and dairy, BPA - coated receipts... Unless you're living in a virgin forest, you're going to come into contact with some less - than - optimal chemicals pretty much every day.

A wide range of substances, both natural and manmade, are thought to cause endocrine disruption, including pharmaceuticals, dioxin and dioxin - like compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls, DDT and other pesticides, and plasticizers such as bisphenol A. Endocrine disruptors may be found in many everyday products — including plastic bottles, metal food cans, detergents, flame retardants, food, toys, cosmetics, and pesticides.»

Environmental pollutants are others, from chemicals in skin care products and plastics to fire retardants in furniture and pesticides in food.

Avoid danger like our ancestors did (think lions, trans fats, sugars, fluoride, excessive wifi, emfs, vaccines, mercury, toxic people, pollution, non-native water, plastics, non-native clothing (polyester, acrylic, acetate, nylon, etc), non-native bedding, non-native eating and drinking containers, non-native toiletries, non-native smells (perfumes, air fresheners), flame retardants, etc)... This is more categorical in nature because to list everything under this category would be virtually impossible.

These chemicals include mercury, lead, benzene, solvents, and other compounds found in our everyday environment — carpets, mattresses, plastic utensils, plastic water bottles, fire retardants found in furniture and children's pajamas, etc..

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.

Making matters worse are the common things that damage our lungs, and we are exposed to most of these every day: scented products, candles, cleaning agents, chlorine via bathing & swimming, the off - gassing of items such as carpets and plastic items, formaldehyde, flame retardant, dust, paint, solvents, pollen, pesticides, aerosol products, air fresheners, and airborne microorganisms... oh my!

Flame retardants are used in products such as plastics and furniture.

Dogs and cats were contaminated with 48 of 70 chemicals tested, including 43 chemicals at higher levels than those typically found in people, according to our study of plastics and food packaging chemicals, heavy metals, fire retardants, and stain - proofing chemicals in pooled samples of blood and urine from 20 dogs and 37 cats collected at a Virginia veterinary clinic.

The dogs and cats tested were found to be contaminated with 48 of 70 industrial chemicals tested, including 43 chemicals at levels higher than those typically found in people, according to the study of plastics and food packaging chemicals, heavy metals, fire retardants, and stain - proofing chemicals alone (Please NOTE: this test did NOT include cleaning products such as laundry soap, toilet cleaners, floor cleaner, air fresheners, etc.) in pooled samples of blood and urine from 20 dogs and 37 cats collected at a Virginia veterinary clinic.

Chemical emissions (e.g., flame retardants and plastics from computers, flooring, clothing, furniture, carpets)

PBDEs are flame retardants used in building materials, electronics, furnishing, motor vehicles, airplanes, plastics, polyurethane foams and textiles.

Of course, this is all tongue and cheek; there are other problems with plastics in buildings, including the fact that they burn even though they are full of terrible flame retardants and that they often are softened with gender - bending phtalates.

(And with the prevalence of endocrine disrupting chemicals in everything from plastic bottles and metal cans, to detergents, flame retardants, food, toys, cosmetics, and pesticides, is it really any wonder?)

That includes 400 new plastic processing facilities, in addition to plastic manufacturing facilities and plastic additive processing facilities, which can produce some significantly harmful chemicals including pthalates and brominated flame retardants.

These and dozens of other flame retardant chemicals are used in drapes, carpets, upholstered furniture, electronics — pretty much anything in your home that contains polyurethane foam, textiles or plastics.»

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.

Once in the water, plastic microbeads attract persistent organic pollutants like flame retardants and other industrial chemicals linked to human health problems — even cancer.

Plastics attract and store persistent organic pollutants like flame retardants and other industrial chemicals.