Women with higher blood levels of flame retardants found in some household objects, known as PBDEs, took about twice as long to become pregnant as women with lower blood levels, according to a new ...

This release is also available in Chinese on EurekAlert! Chinese. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are chemicals that have been widely used as flame retardants and are now classified as ...

The old joke was: Americans eat so many preservatives, our corpses will never rot. Now, it turns out they won’t burn either. Americans’ bodies have the world’s highest concentration of the flame ...

Flame retardants used in consumer goods from TVs to fridges, which could pose a risk to health and the environment, are being found in breast milk, house dust and fish in Australia. Flame retardants ...

Bacteria can break down a common flame retardant into more-toxic forms, researchers report. Besides finding more degradation products than earlier work had, the new study is the first to identify ...

LONDON The recent UK ban on the use of certain brominated flame retardants in the manufacture of new electrical and electronic equipment, has resulted in confusion amongst the electronics industry ...

Companies would have to notify EPA before they manufacture or import six polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) as of Jan. 1, 2005, under a Dec. 6 proposal. EPA moved toward regulating these PBDEs, ...

Bellbottoms. Disco. Watergate. The first Earth Day. The end of the Vietnam War. If I had a time machine, the 1970s would be one of the first decades on my list to visit. Call me crazy, but I can ...

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are chemicals that have been widely used as flame retardants and are persistent organic pollutants. Human health concerns have arisen based on studies with ...