Latest Flame retardants Stories
Prenatal exposure to ambient levels of flame retardant compounds called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) is associated with adverse neurodevelopmental effects in young children, according to researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.The study is online in Environmental Health Perspectives and will be released in the April 2010 print issue.PBDEs are endocrine-disrupting chemicals and widely used...
BEER SHEVA, Israel, December 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ICL Industrial Products ("ICL-IP"), a subsidiary of ICL Ltd. (TASE:ICL), today reported that it has begun a program designed to accelerate the market's transition to sustainable flame retardant solutions. The program is comprised of two components: 1) the acceleration of ICL-IP's development of next-generation, polymeric flame retardants; and 2) a three-year phase-out (with extension of 1 year for essential uses)...
BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) today announced it would begin an important shift in the production and sale of Deca-BDE, also known as decabrom. This flame retardant has for many years enhanced the safety of many consumer products, from textiles and electronics to airline and automobile interiors, greatly reducing the risk of fire when consumer products are exposed to heat or other ignition sources. (Logo:...
BATON ROUGE, La., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of flame retardants, will increase the price of SAYTEX® HP-900 flame retardant by 20%, effective Jan 1, 2010, or as its contracts allow. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050801/ALBEMARLELOGO ) About Albemarle Corporation Albemarle Corporation, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a leading global developer, manufacturer and...
NEW YORK, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Flame Retardant Chemicals - A World Market Review http://www.reportlinker.com/p0164407/Flame-Retardant-Chemicals---A-World-Market-Review.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=prnewswire The world flame retardant chemicals market is driven by innovation in flame retardant chemistries, and widespread product application of plastics. New...
NEW YORK, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. The Global Market for Flame Retardant Chemicals http://www.reportlinker.com/p0128582/The-Global-Market-for-Flame-Retardant-Chemicals.html Provides an overview of the global market for flame retardant chemicals Assesses flame retardant chemicals by retardant mechanism and chemical type, and by end-use application Makes forecasts for the global flame retardant...
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, July 7th, the California State Assembly Committee on Business and Professions will have the power to protect babies from dangerous toxic chemicals found in their cribs, strollers, breast-feeding pillows and other products for children. The Juvenile Products Manufacturing Association is even supporting SB 772, a bill that would stop a de facto mandate (TB 117), supported by the brominated chemical industry, for toxic flame...
U.S. scientists say they have discovered marine mammals are being exposed to a cocktail of pesticides, as well as new contaminants. In what's called the most extensive study of pollutants in marine mammals' brains, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute scientists found the animals are exposed pesticides such as DDT and PCBs, as well as contaminants such as brominated flame retardants. Eric Montie, lead author of the study, performed the research in collaboration with Mark Hahn and Chris Reddy...
The most extensive study of pollutants in marine mammals' brains reveals that these animals are exposed to a hazardous cocktail of pesticides such as DDTs and PCBs, as well as emerging contaminants such as brominated flame retardants.Eric Montie, the lead author on the study currently in press and published online April 17 in Environmental Pollution, performed the research as a student in the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution-MIT Joint Graduate Program in Oceanography and Ocean Engineering...
The discovery of banned chemicals in oysters in a river running through St. Johns County, Fla., is a concern, an official says. Michael Shirley, Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve director, said polybrominated diphenyl ether, a fire-retardant chemical, was found in the Matanzas River oysters, the (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union said Monday. It's a concern, but it's not something that's a panic situation, Shirley said. A federal research study released this month...
