Fire safety remains a pressing challenge as highly flammable polymers are increasingly used in buildings, vehicles, and consumer goods. Traditional flame retardants, while effective, often rely on ...

Flame retardants slow the spread of fires but they can have serious, unintended human health and environmental impacts. Inadequate toxicity testing and inconsistent regulations make it difficult to ...

Nobody ever anticipates their house catching fire. It's the kind of threat that seems far away, something you see in a viral video or hear about on the news, but you hardly ever imagine might ever ...

Authorities battling a series of large wildfires in the Los Angeles area have employed a bright red fire retardant to tamp the flames, leading to dramatic images of the material blanketing scores of ...