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Watchdog Update: Pressure grows for limits on flame retardants

June 14, 2024 at 6:52 p.m.

In New York state, lawmakers are moving to ban a cancer-causing flame retardant from children's products. At the U.S. Capitol, more than 100 nurses, mothers and cancer survivors marched for...

Durbin urges action on hazardous flame retardants

June 14, 2024 at 6:52 p.m.

Reacting with outrage to the baiduhai's investigation of deceptive tactics that have fueled the rise of toxic flame retardants in American homes, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Thursday demanded...

Distorting science

June 14, 2024 at 6:53 p.m.

Twenty-five years ago, scientists gathered in a cramped government laboratory and set fire to specially designed chairs, TVs and electrical cables packed with flame retardants. For the next half-hour, they...

Distorting science

June 14, 2024 at 6:53 p.m.

Twenty-five years ago, scientists gathered in a cramped government laboratory and set fire to specially designed chairs, TVs and electrical cables packed with flame retardants. For the next half-hour, they...

Distorting science

June 14, 2024 at 6:53 p.m.

Twenty-five years ago, scientists gathered in a cramped government laboratory and set fire to specially designed chairs, TVs and electrical cables packed with flame retardants. For the next half-hour, they...

Big Tobacco wins fire marshals as allies in flame retardant push

August 23, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.

The problem facing cigarette manufacturers decades ago involved tragic deaths and bad publicity, but it had nothing to do with cancer. It had to do with house fires. Smoldering cigarettes...

Fear fans flames for chemical makers

June 14, 2024 at 6:53 p.m.

Dr. David Heimbach knows how to tell a story. Before California lawmakers last year, the noted burn surgeon drew gasps from the crowd as he described a 7-week-old baby girl...

Fear fans flames for chemical makers

June 14, 2024 at 6:53 p.m.

Dr. David Heimbach knows how to tell a story. Before California lawmakers last year, the noted burn surgeon drew gasps from the crowd as he described a 7-week-old baby girl...

Fear fans flames for chemical makers

June 14, 2024 at 6:53 p.m.

Dr. David Heimbach knows how to tell a story. Before California lawmakers last year, the noted burn surgeon drew gasps from the crowd as he described a 7-week-old baby girl...

All cribs now must pass tough new safety rules

August 19, 2019 at 1:26 a.m.

Starting Tuesday, it will be illegal in the U.S. to sell or even donate a crib that fails to meet the toughest crib safety rules in the world. Newly required...

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