(KPIX 5) -- A test commissioned by KPIX5 has uncovered a "cancer-causing" flame retardant in another car seat that was advertised to be free of the carcinogen. The discovery in the supposedly "green" ...

San Francisco firefighters Casey McElheney and Karen Heald with their German short-haired pointer puppies Raven and Nahiku at their home in Davis, are sitting on a couch with flame retardant chemicals ...

Polyester (PET) fabric is a versatile synthetic material with excellent abrasion, corrosion resistance, and light resistance. However, PET fabric is combustible, with a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of ...

Superprotective garb for withstanding both flood and fire is on the horizon now that Chinese chemists have come up with a self-healing, triple-dip coating that renders cotton flame resistant and ...

Since the introduction of the flame-retardant 100%-cotton Guardex fabric range to the local market in October, last year, personal protective equipment (PPE), cleaning chemicals, paper products, and ...

Under attack since May for relying on flawed studies to justify the use of toxic flame retardants in furniture and household products, the chemical industry has turned to a familiar tactic: It has ...

DNA molecules extracted from fish sperm is being used to develop new types of flame retardant materials. Scientists recently discovered that DNA is highly resistant to fire. And in a series of ...