As wildfires intensify, state and federal fire agencies are relying more on aerial fire retardant, sparking concerns over its ...

A new Viewpoint in Environmental Science & Technology explains that adding flame retardants to the plastic cases surrounding these batteries has no proven fire-safety benefit. The scientists further ...

Adding flame ... [+] retardants to their plastic battery enclosures may not be help. It can also lead to health harm. If you’re reading this on a smartphone or laptop, you can thank lithium-ion ...

Many batteries, particularly in E-Bikes and other products with plastic recharge battery enclosures, have flame retardants added to their outer coatings in an effort to limit their flammability.

A new Viewpoint in Environmental Science & Technology explains that adding flame retardants to the plastic cases surrounding these batteries has no proven fire-safety benefit. The scientists ...

New methods have been developed to determine polar emerging contaminants with hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography ...

A plane drops pink flame retardant during the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles, California on Monday (Jan. 13). | Credit: Benjamin Fanjoy/Bloomberg via Getty Images Pink fire retardant is raining from ...

School of Chemical Engineering, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China Engineering Research Center of Synthetic Resin and Special Fiber, Ministry of Education, Changchun ...

Current studies developing flame retardant coatings deposited via polyelectrolyte complexation require two or more steps, increasing the time and cost to coat a material effectively. In contrast ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Fire retardant covers a backyard in Mandeville Canyon during the Palisades Fire, Jan. 11, 2025, in Los ...