Sentences with phrase «retardants in»

Some current examples: male frogs now carry eggs, whales have flame retardants in their bodies, and some fish are almost too contaminated with mercury to safely eat.

So a lot of green builders think we are nuts to talk about the dangers of fire retardants in stryrofoam or outgassing from polyurethane.

And boy, do they: junk food, flame retardants in furniture, pharmaceuticals, carbon pollution.

Alternative brominated flame retardants in San Francisco Bay wildlife and sediments.

A recent report by the Environmental Working Group found 48 chemicals in pets» blood (out of 70 tested for); 43 of them reached levels far higher than in people: 5 times as much mercury; 2-1/2 times more perfluorochemicals in dogs (from stain - and grease - proof coatings), and 23 times more fire retardants in cats.

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.

«In the U.S., we the have highest levels of flame retardants in our dust and in our bodies,» indicates Arelene Blum, Executive Director of the Green Science Policy Institute.

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

Just what it is in these foods that is the culprit is unknown, although some suggest it may be BPA in the can, or fire retardants in the ingredients (see below).

Research has shown that cats diagnosed with hyperthryoidism have high levels of chemicals that are known to be used as fire - retardants in carpets and fabrics.

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

We didn't know, until this year: fire retardants in U.S. food.

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.

The safe upper limit of flame retardants in our diet is probably ZERO.

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

Flame retardants in foam «are not effective enough to make them stop burning rapidly once they're ignited.

Defending their products, representatives from the chemical industry point to broader statistics supporting the use of flame retardants in furniture.

Other European legislation written to prevent hazardous waste requires that safer materials replace heavy metals and brominated flame retardants in new electrical and electronic equipment beginning next year.

Studies have shown that flame retardants in furniture leach into homes and then accumulate in the body.

In January new rules took effect in California that free furniture manufacturers to cut back on the amount of flame retardants in their chairs and sofas.

Levels of flame retardants in house dust significantly correlate with personal exposures, she explained.

«Our study results suggest that higher exposure to several flame retardants in the home environment may be associated with the diagnosis and severity of papillary thyroid cancer, potentially explaining some of the observed increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer,» Sosa said.

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.

As head of the federal institute examining environmental health, Birnbaum and her staff are taking on many controversial topics, including Bisphenol A and new flame retardants in consumer products.

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.

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

Some of the older nursing pillows, including my Brest Friend, from pre-2009 have some pretty serious flame retardants in the foam.

The Ecology Center gives Britax a High Recommendation for the low levels of flame retardants in its car seats.

After an exhaustive investigation of the toxic gas hypothesis lasting three and a half years, methodically examining every aspect of the claim both by reviewing existing research, as well as by commissioning new research, the Expert Group has concluded that there is no evidence to support the claim that fire retardants in PVC cot mattresses cause SIDS.

The average level of bromine - based fire retardants in the milk of 20 first - time mothers was 75 times the average found in recent European studies.

Environmental Working Group: «Health / Toxics: Lead,» «Reducing your exposure to PBDEs in your home,» «Toxic Fire Retardants in American Homes.»

Oeko - Tex certified fabrics to reduce contact with flame retardants in car seat.

There are no toxic fire retardants in the mattress.

«He had two to three times the level of flame retardants in his body that's been known to cause thyroid dysfunction in lab rats.»

I see the whole flame retardants in PJ's requirement as yet another reason for co-sleeping... if they're right there with you, you can get them out.

The list includes ractopamine in pork, flame retardant in citrus drinks and chicken litter being used as animal feed.

Between lead - based paint, PVC and phthalates in toys, bisphenol A (BPA) in water bottles, flame retardant in pajamas and recently cadmium — a carcinogen — in McDonald's Shrek glasses, there's a lot to keep moms and dads on their toes.

In the 1980s the Government had required manufacturers to include a fire retardant in cot mattresses, and had approved antimony trioxide for the purpose.

I also saw a description of a device which releases fire retardant in mines if the temperature rises sharply.

The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants has voted for a global ban of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), a common flame retardant in insulation, textiles, and electronics.

To get around this, Yi Cui at Stanford University in California and his team have enclosed the fire - retardant in a thin polymer capsule.

Questions of health effects, however, could be moot if the extra retardant in foam is not actually preventing extra fires.

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

Essentia has opted to incorporate a better quality fire retardant in all its mattresses.

The patient is advised to avoid all sources of bromine, including fire retardant in carpet, clothing and mattresses, and bromide - treated breads, baked goods and grains.

Their wall murals and canvas prints are environmentally friendly, fire - retardant in accordance with Swedish standards and do not fade in sunlight.

By the way, the fire retardant in cellulose insulation, a borate, is not nearly as toxic.

Maryland enacted a provision curtailing the use of a widely used flame retardant in products manufactured or sold in the state.

Not exact matches

Specialist materials technology company Alexium International Group has raised about $ 8.45 million in a placement to a US private investor to fund development of its fire - retardant chemicals project.

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.