The scientists behind a popular study on the health effects of flame retardants in black plastic cooking utensils and toys ...

Since the 1970s, flame-retardant chemicals have been added to plastics used in electronic devices. Their purpose is to prevent electrical fires or slow their growth. But because many of these ...

Black plastics often contain particularly high levels of flame retardants, according to a new study. The chemicals are often used in electronics, but recycling has brought them to products that ...

(Photo: Getty) Paint this news black. The black plastic items that you find like everywhere may contain toxic brominated flame retardants, otherwise known as BFRs. And these BFRs are not your BFFs ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Mattresses, upholstered furniture, and electronic displays riddled with flame retardant chemicals will be banned from sale in New York effective December 1. This only ...

Dramatic footage shows a firefighting plane dropping red retardant on the Franklin Fire in Malibu, California. The large ...

In a recommendation made on Wednesday, the European Chemicals Agency, ECHA, warned that aromatic brominated flame retardants (ABFRs) are of particular concern when used as additives that do not ...