A recent study found high levels of flame retardants in everyday black plastic cooking utensils, food storage containers, and ...

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 ...

QMedic compiled a list of chemicals in food, water, and consumer goods, their health risks, and how to avoid them, using CDC ...

Veteran firefighters appear to have a higher risk of brain tumors called gliomas, which can be caused by gene mutations linked to flame retardant chemicals called haloalkanes, researchers reported ...

Firefighters show higher rates of glioma-linked SBS42 mutational signatures associated with haloalkane exposure, suggesting ...

Veteran firefighters appear to have a higher risk of brain tumors called gliomas, which can be caused by gene mutations ...

Veteran firefighters appear to have a higher risk of brain tumors called gliomas, which can be caused by gene mutations linked to flame retardant chemicals called haloalkanes, researchers reported ...

Flame retardant chemicals might increase risk of brain cancers in veteran firefighters Firefighters were more likely to have brain cancers linked to haloalkanes than people in other jobs The ...