Adding flame ... [+] retardants to their plastic battery enclosures may not be help. It can also lead to health harm. If you’re reading this on a smartphone or laptop, you can thank lithium-ion ...

The coating can be tailored for various textiles, such as clothing or upholstery ... Current studies developing flame retardant coatings deposited via polyelectrolyte complexation require two ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Fire retardant covers a backyard in Mandeville Canyon during the Palisades Fire, Jan. 11, 2025, in Los ...

Also, sign up for NPR's breaking news alerts. Air tankers are dropping thousands of gallons of red flame retardant in the hills around Los Angeles as firefighters attempt to limit the devastation ...

The combination of aluminum diethylphosphinate (ADP) and melamine pyrophosphate (MPP) has been extensively utilized in flame-retardant polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) composites. However, the ...

A paper published by researchers at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) focuses on a method to remove brominated flame retardants (BFRs) from plastic before it is recycled. BFRs are ...

Air tankers are dropping thousands of gallons of red flame retardant in the hills around Los Angeles as firefighters attempt to limit the devastation from multiple wildfires. Images of vivid red ...

Flame-resistant personal protective equipment is the last line of protection between workers and flames, sparks, and heat, but the fibers used to make traditional aramid flame-resistant fabrics have a ...

FILE - Fire retardant is dropped by an air tanker on the Palisades Fire in the outskirts of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File) ...

A plane drops pink flame retardant during the Eaton Fire in Los ... contact with it and removing it from eyes, skin, and clothing. Perimeter Solutions described MVP-Fx as "minimally irritating ...

Besides Cal Fire, multiple agencies have dropped fire retardant and water, including the U.S. Forest Service, the Los Angeles and Ventura county fire departments, the city and the National Guard.