The Cool Down on MSN16h
Researchers make alarming discovery about widely used products: '[They] can act as a trojan horse'
"Our study suggests polymers can act as a trojan horse for toxic chemicals," Da Chen, senior author and scientist at Jinan ...
Inside Climate News1mon
A ‘Trojan Horse’ for Toxic Chemicals
The team focused on polymeric brominated flame retardants, or polyBFRs, which are widely used in electronics to reduce fire risk. They have been marketed as safer alternatives to flame retardants ...
Surprising number of environmental pollutants found in hedgehogs
Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is ...
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Flame Retardant Polymers Act As Trojan Horse for Toxic Small Chemicals
Polymer flame retardants, originally developed as a “non-toxic” alternative to banned chemicals, may be harboring a dangerous risk of their own, a new study suggests. New analysis of two polymeric ...
LAist on MSN3d
What's in that bright red fire retardant? No one will say, so we had it tested
An LAist investigation found toxic heavy metals in samples of fire retardant collected from the Palisades, Eaton and Franklin ...