The hot-pink mix of water and chemicals, which is sprayed from planes to combat wildfires, is under renewed scrutiny.

to prove where a heavy metal came from," McCurry said. "We're working on that." Perimeter, the manufacturer of the Forest Service's fire retardant, said McCurry's research was on a formulation ...

Pink fire retardant is raining from the skies in Los ... Letters found that long-term fire retardants contained toxic metals, including lead, arsenic and thallium. The researchers, from the ...

"Long-term fire retardants contained concentrations of toxic metals 4-2,880 times greater ... In California, nine large retardant-spraying planes are currently deployed to help fight fires.

The Los Angeles wildfires recently showed people around the world that celebrity or not, no one is safe from fire.

The Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed thousands of homes but left some still standing through a combination of fortunate ...

As fire crews and air tankers work to block the wildfires' explosive growth, images of red clouds of fire retardant falling onto trees are common. What is it — and what's in it?

It might look like the colored corn starch used in some fun runs, but the powder being dropped by planes is actually fire ...

The vibrant red fire retardant is known as Phos-Chek and has ... claimed that long-term fire retardants contained heavy toxic metals. The manufacturer of Phos-Chek, which was one of the long ...

The front steps and mailbox of an house in Mandeville Canyon after fire retardant was dropped on ... have contributed to high levels of heavy metals found in California waterways.

In terms of cables and wires, halogen‐free and low‐smoke fire‐retardant recipes exemplified by metal hydroxides represent the developing direction. In parallel, the fire‐retardant treatment for ...