An LAist investigation found toxic heavy metals in samples of fire retardant collected from the Palisades, Eaton and Franklin ...
Las Vegas — Materials maker Avient Corp. has developed a flame-retardant (FR) composite sandwich panel for modular ...
LAist partnered with USC researchers to test samples of Phos-Chek, the fire retardant dropped on the Eaton and Palisades fires. The results came back positive for heavy metals including arsenic ...
The substance, vivid against the grey smoke and charred landscape, is a fire retardant, a substance that is used to slow down or stop the spread of fire. Much of it is a product called Phos-Chek ...