• What are flame retardants? (nih.gov)
  • Flame retardants are various chemicals applied to materials to prevent burning or slow the spread of fire. (nih.gov)
  • Flame retardants are studied because of their abundance in the environment and concerns about their potential health effects. (nih.gov)
  • Where are flame retardants used? (nih.gov)
  • How are people exposed to flame retardants? (nih.gov)
  • People can come in contact with flame retardants in a variety of ways. (nih.gov)
  • What are some of the potential health effects associated with flame retardants? (nih.gov)
  • A pilot study tentatively links it to certain flame retardants that began showing up in the environment in 1979 and are now ubiquitous. (sciencenews.org)
  • This fact sheet answers the most frequently asked health questions (FAQs) about phosphate ester flame retardants. (cdc.gov)
  • The general population is primarily exposed to phosphate ester flame retardants by eating contaminated food. (cdc.gov)
  • In animal studies, long term exposure to some flame retardants has caused damage to various organs and tumors. (cdc.gov)
  • Phosphate ester flame retardants are human-made chemicals that are typically liquids at room temperature, although some are solids. (cdc.gov)
  • What happens to phosphate ester flame retardants when they enter the environment? (cdc.gov)
  • How might I be exposed to phosphate ester flame retardants? (cdc.gov)
  • How can phosphate ester flame retardants affect my health? (cdc.gov)
  • Long-term occupational exposure to two flame retardants (tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate, TDCP, and triphenyl phosphate, TPP) did not produce adverse health effects. (cdc.gov)
  • How likely are phosphate ester flame retardants to cause cancer? (cdc.gov)
  • There is not enough information available to determine with certainty whether or not phosphate ester flame retardants produce cancer in humans. (cdc.gov)
  • No studies have been conducted to examine the toxicity of phosphate ester flame retardants in children. (cdc.gov)
  • In animal studies, continuous exposure to some flame retardants caused reductions in live births and reduced pup body weight. (cdc.gov)
  • How can families reduce the risk of exposure to phosphate ester flame retardants? (cdc.gov)
  • Avoid installation or use of materials that are known to contain phosphate esters-based flame retardants in indoor environments to minimize exposure via air. (cdc.gov)
  • These flame retardants are designed to replace hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD). (prnewswire.com)
  • ICL Industrial Products ' vice president, Flame Retardants, Ilan Elkan , added, "We are delighted to partner with Albemarle in increasing the availability of our polymeric flame retardant offerings to the EPS and XPS industries. (prnewswire.com)
  • Our production of these innovative, sustainable polymeric products at ICL sites in Israel and the Netherlands will help to meet the growing market demand for next generation flame retardants. (prnewswire.com)
  • These polymeric flame retardants meet the highest regulatory demands, while better enabling the industry's transition from HBCD within the timeframe established by EU regulators. (prnewswire.com)
  • Our joint production of polymeric flame retardants further demonstrates the industry's overall commitment to offering environmentally-friendly fire safety products and solutions that meet increasingly stringent regulatory standards. (prnewswire.com)
  • An update on the case of the vanishing flame retardants. (sightline.org)
  • UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON CHEMICAL SAFETY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA 192 Flame Retardants: A General Introduction This report contains the collective views of an international group of experts and does not necessarily represent the decisions or the stated policy of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organisation, or the World Health Organization. (inchem.org)
  • 192) 1.Flame retardants - toxicity 2.Occupational exposure 3.Environmental exposure I.Series ISBN 92 4 157192 6 (NLM Classification: WA 250) ISSN 0250-863X The World Health Organization welcomes requests for permission to reproduce or translate its publications, in part or in full. (inchem.org)
  • REFERENCES ANNEX I: Terminology ANNEX II: Flame retardants in commercial use or used formerly ANNEX III: Fire tests ANNEX IV: US Interagency Testing Commission recommendations on brominated flame retardants CONCLUSIONS ET RECOMMANDATIONS CONCLUSIONES Y RECOMMENDACIONES NOTE TO READERS OF THE CRITERIA MONOGRAPHS Every effort has been made to present information in the criteria monographs as accurately as possible without unduly delaying their publication. (inchem.org)
  • They biodegrade in aquatic and terrestrial flame retardants: brain and kidney lesions and environments. (cdc.gov)
  • Phosphate ester flame retardants can be measured in retardants produce cancer in humans. (cdc.gov)
  • Are Flame Retardants Driving Some of Thyroid Cancer Increase? (medscape.com)
  • Initial research suggests that some flame retardants, used in many furnishings in the home, could be associated with an increased risk of papillary thyroid cancer , the most common form of this type of cancer. (medscape.com)
  • We saw that three flame retardants have some sort of association with papillary thyroid cancer, but they are very different. (medscape.com)
  • One is a brominated flame retardant and the other two are organophosphate flame retardants. (medscape.com)
  • The study was novel in that researchers collected and analyzed house dust from the participants' homes as a measure of exposure to flame retardants - levels of the latter in house dust significantly correlate with personal exposure, Dr Sosa explained. (medscape.com)
  • Levels of some flame retardants were higher in the homes of papillary thyroid cancer cases. (medscape.com)
  • Meanwhile two other very different compounds, TCEP and TPHP, organophosphate flame retardants found in plastic and upholstered furniture frames, were associated with larger, more aggressive papillary thyroid tumors that extended beyond the thyroid. (medscape.com)
  • Commenting on what clinicians should take from this research and other studies on the potential harms of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, Dr Sosa said: "With flame retardants, for some time there has been awareness of the value that they bring - protecting from flammability and meeting very important [safety] standards - but that has potentially come at a cost that these flame retardants might have on human health, on human cancers. (medscape.com)
  • Interactions of organophosphate flame retardants with human drug transporters. (bvsalud.org)
  • Organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) are environmental pollutants of increasing interest, widely distributed in the environment and exerting possible deleterious effects towards the human health . (bvsalud.org)
  • ALB ) and ICL (TASE:ICL) announced today that the two companies have entered into an agreement to establish a manufacturing joint venture for the production of ICL's FR-122P polymeric flame retardant and Albemarle's GreenCrest™ polymeric flame retardant. (prnewswire.com)
  • HBCD has been the leading flame retardant used in expanded (EPS) and extruded (XPS) polystyrene foam applications, but is being phased out in the European Union (EU), Japan and other countries. (prnewswire.com)
  • We have invested heavily to introduce our polymeric flame retardant products, and we welcome the manufacturing venture with Albemarle to ensure that our respective customers have an innovative solution to produce their downstream products and meet all fire safety standards. (prnewswire.com)
  • ICL IP's investment in its polymeric flame retardant production capacities followed extensive testing and evaluation processes conducted by potential customers during the past several years. (prnewswire.com)
  • ICL began to commercially produce and market its FR-122P polymeric flame retardant product in 2013. (prnewswire.com)
  • Empa researchers have developed an epoxy resin that can be repaired and recycled, in addition to being flame-retardant and mechanically strong. (empa.ch)
  • Recyclable, repairable and flame retardant: the new epoxy resin is suitable for a variety of applications, such as fiber-reinforced composites used in the construction of aircraft and vehicles. (empa.ch)
  • Now Empa researchers led by Sabyasachi Gaan at Empa's Advanced Fibers laboratory have developed an epoxy resin-based plastic that is fully recyclable, repairable and also flame retardant - all while retaining the favorable thermomechanical properties of epoxy resins. (empa.ch)
  • We originally synthesized this molecule as a flame retardant," says co-inventor of this technology and Empa scientist Wenyu Wu Klingler. (empa.ch)
  • The new epoxy resin is flame retardant due to its phosphorus content, as seen on this burn test of an untreated MDF sample (left) compared to a sample coated in the new polymer. (empa.ch)
  • For example, it could be used to coat wooden floors, as a transparent, resistant layer that has good flame-retardant properties - and where scratches and dents can be "healed" with a little pressure and heat. (empa.ch)
  • Epocast flame-retardant epoxies contain no octabromodihenyl ether (OBDE) or pentabromodiphenyl ether (PBDE) and are qualified for aerospace applications. (machinedesign.com)
  • One brominated flame retardant, BDE-209, found in electronic casing and upholstery, which was phased out in 2013, appeared to be associated with increases in the smallest, least aggressive type of papillary thyroid cancer - the very type of cancer for which increases have been attributed to overscreening. (medscape.com)
  • Mark Giordano of the Calgary Flames fights on the boards with Gabriel Landeskog #92 of the Colorado Avalanche in the third period during Game Three of the Western Conference First Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Pepsi Center on April 15, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (cbsnews.com)
  • DENVER, COLORADO - APRIL 15: Erik Johnson #6 of the Colorado Avalanche celebrates a goal against the Calgary Flames in the third period during Game Three of the Western Conference First Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Pepsi Center on April 15, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (cbsnews.com)
  • DENVER, COLORADO - APRIL 15: Matt Calvert #11 of the Colorado Avalanche fights Sam Bennett #93 ot the Calgary Flames in the third period during Game Three of the Western Conference First Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Pepsi Center on April 15, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (cbsnews.com)
  • DENVER, COLORADO - APRIL 15: Mikko Rantanen #96 of the Colorado Avalanche is congratulated by Nikita Zadorov #16, Colin Wilson #22 and Ian Cole #28 after scoring a goal against the Calgary Flames in the second period during Game Three of the Western Conference First Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Pepsi Center on April 15, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (cbsnews.com)
  • V rámci kompletného pokrytia tejto akcie sme sa pozreli aj na to, ako sa v tíme Calgary Flames nečakane objavilo viacero slovenských mien. (nhl.com)
  • V Calgary Flames z ničoho nič vyrástla početná slovenská enkláva. (nhl.com)
  • The LEGO Flame Thrower one LEGO build that you won't find in the official handbook. (trendhunter.com)
  • If you want a flame thrower you'll need to supply fuel to it. (makezine.com)
  • Coming in hot off the back of the colossal mind-bending fever dream that was 2019's 'King's Mouth' , The Flaming Lips have crash-landed back to frontman Wayne Coyne's childhood town of Oklahoma city. (nme.com)
  • I designed these cards for twin flames relationships in challenge, but they can also be used effectively for soul mate connections as well. (etsy.com)
  • Twin Flames Universe touts itself as a spiritual concept rooted in the belief that there is a counterpart for everyone's soul, known as a "twin flame. (yahoo.com)
  • Proponents of this concept believe that twin flames are two halves of the same soul, split before birth and destined to reunite in this lifetime to achieve spiritual enlightenment . (yahoo.com)
  • The Twin Flames Universe community, led by Jeff and Shaleia, offers teachings, courses, and guidance to help individuals on their journey to find and unite with their twin flame. (yahoo.com)
  • Enter Jeff and Shaleia, the leaders of Twin Flames Universe who sell online classes that guarantee harmonious union with your destined partner," Netflix said. (yahoo.com)
  • From the Emmy-nominated filmmaking team behind Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult, comes Escaping Twin Flames, a three-part documentary series that pulls back the veil on Twin Flames Universe, a controversial online community that preys on people looking for love. (yahoo.com)
  • With exclusive access to former members, the series reveals the horrifying stories of coercion and exploitation surrounding Twin Flames Universe - from encouraging stalking behavior to manipulating gender identities. (yahoo.com)
  • To date, no criminal charges have been filed against the couple related to Twin Flames Universe. (yahoo.com)
  • We did not desire someone else, just her," he wrote/ "We used the principles we teach in Twin Flames: Romance Attraction E-Course (Sign up for our free 8 lesson intro course for a 50% off coupon. (yahoo.com)
  • Twin Flames Universe founders made the following statement on their website, defending their group and mission. (yahoo.com)
  • vague] Color and temperature of a flame are dependent on the type of fuel involved in the combustion, as, for example, when a lighter is held to a candle. (wikipedia.org)
  • Candle flames (a diffusion flame) operate through evaporation of the fuel which rises in a laminar flow of hot gas which then mixes with surrounding oxygen and combusts. (wikipedia.org)
  • You can depict a basic candle flame with a simple teardrop shape. (adobe.com)
  • The high temperature of the flame causes the vaporized fuel molecules to decompose, forming various incomplete combustion products and free radicals, and these products then react with each other and with the oxidizer involved in the reaction of the following flame (fire). (wikipedia.org)
  • As the combustion temperature of a flame increases (if the flame contains small particles of unburnt carbon or other material), so does the average energy of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the flame (see Black body). (wikipedia.org)
  • Hydrogen burning in chlorine produces a flame and in the process emits gaseous hydrogen chloride (HCl) as the combustion product. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are different methods of distributing the required components of combustion to a flame. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the most common type of flame, hydrocarbon flames, the most important factor determining color is oxygen supply and the extent of fuel-oxygen pre-mixing, which determines the rate of combustion and thus the temperature and reaction paths, thereby producing different color hues. (wikipedia.org)
  • The spectrum of a premixed (complete combustion) butane flame on the right shows that the blue color arises specifically due to emission of excited molecular radicals in the flame, which emit most of their light well below ≈565 nanometers in the blue and green regions of the visible spectrum. (wikipedia.org)
  • The colder part of a diffusion (incomplete combustion) flame will be red, transitioning to orange, yellow, and white as the temperature increases as evidenced by changes in the black-body radiation spectrum. (wikipedia.org)
  • for World Peace Flame Foundation UK because it is the 20th Anniversary. (justgiving.com)
  • In a laboratory under normal gravity conditions and with a closed air inlet, a Bunsen burner burns with yellow flame (also called a safety flame) with a peak temperature of about 2,000 K (3,100 °F). The yellow arises from incandescence of very fine soot particles that are produced in the flame. (wikipedia.org)
  • c) The ratio of turbulent to laminar burning velocity (S T /S L ) shows a nearly linear increase with turbulent intensity, while the ratio of wrinkled flame surface area to that of ensemble-averaged flame surface area increases only slightly with turbulent intensities. (lu.se)
  • The chemical kinetics occurring in the flame are very complex and typically involve a large number of chemical reactions and intermediate species, most of them radicals. (wikipedia.org)
  • Simultaneous planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) imaging of imidogen (NH) and hydroxyl (OH) radicals was performed to investigate the local flame structure and Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA) measurements were employed for extracting complement relevant turbulent quantities from the flow field. (lu.se)
  • a flame is a single flaming message, and "flamage" /flay'm*j/ the content. (foldoc.org)
  • Well, the side quests in Bound by Flame can teach you more about the world, introduce you to new characters, and, most importantly, reward you with sweet new weapons and gear. (gamesradar.com)
  • 3- Now go to preview in the menu, select flame tag. (editthis.info)
  • Flame-shaped hemorrhages are splinter hemorrhages that occur in the more superficial nerve fiber layer. (medscape.com)
  • A safe alternative to real candles with a realistic LED flame atop a square bronze base. (frontgate.com)
  • Whether you want to draw flames on candles or roaring bonfires, getting your blaze just right is all about movement. (adobe.com)
  • The Hall of Flame is a series of large, open galleries packed with fire-fighting rigs, some that date back centuries. (roadsideamerica.com)
  • In the middle of our dining room, the flames are ignited from our grill, where steaks, are cooked over an open flame, creating a memorable experience for you and your guests. (opentable.com)
  • After a week-long journey across Greece and an overnight stay on the Acropolis hill, the flame that was lit in Ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympics, was carried into the Panathenaic Stadium by Korean Olympic speed skating medallist Kim Ki-hoon. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
  • A flame (from Latin flamma) is the visible, gaseous part of a fire. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Hall of Flame isn't even associated with the Phoenix fire department. (roadsideamerica.com)
  • The player who's "it" is on fire, thus the name Flame Tag. (editthis.info)
  • Instead, the CPU will just lie there on fire and no one can take the flame from him. (editthis.info)
  • Get tips from pros on how to illustrate flickering flames that leap off the page, then follow along with a step-by-step fire-drawing tutorial. (adobe.com)
  • Light your fire for drawing flames. (adobe.com)
  • The area of your fire near the base and centre of the flames should be the brightest and closest to white. (adobe.com)
  • Deaths attributed to unintentional injury from fire or flames were identified using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision underlying cause-of-death codes X00-X09. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2018, the death rates attributed to unintentional injury from fire or flames were lowest among those aged 15-24 years and highest among those aged ≥75 years. (cdc.gov)
  • It has three 100% natural cotton wicks to provide a wider melt, brighter flame and more intense scent. (frontgate.com)
  • K&N Recharger ® Air Filter Cleaning Kits will clean your dirty cotton media flame arrestor so it performs like new! (knfilters.com)
  • According to Hall of Flame director Pete Molloy, "firefighters come here from all over the world, but people in town don't even know we exist. (roadsideamerica.com)
  • This paper presents experimental studies of the structures and burning velocities of premixed ammonia/air jet flames at high Karlovitz (Ka) number conditions. (lu.se)
  • The slower increase of wrinkled flame surface area with turbulent intensity can be attributed to under-resolution in the current state-of-the-art PLIF experiments, the neglection of 3D flame wrinkles in 2D experiments, and the increase in flame stretch factor at high turbulent intensities. (lu.se)
  • The instrument should be one that is designed for use with glass columns and that is equipped with an on-column injection system and a high-sensitivity flame-ionization detector. (who.int)
  • look for the Hall of Flame sign and exit to the right. (roadsideamerica.com)
  • Please sign this Petition to keep Jenya and Hergie in the Flame Fam 4 ever. (ipetitions.com)
  • Sufficient energy in the flame will excite the electrons in some of the transient reaction intermediates such as the methylidyne radical (CH) and diatomic carbon (C2), which results in the emission of visible light as these substances release their excess energy (see spectrum below for an explanation of which specific radical species produce which specific colors). (wikipedia.org)
  • Flame color depends on several factors, the most important typically being black-body radiation and spectral band emission, with both spectral line emission and spectral line absorption playing smaller roles. (wikipedia.org)
  • Documentary evidence for the early use of flame/flamer is probably still there for anyone fanatical enough to research it. (foldoc.org)
  • the flame occurs where they meet. (wikipedia.org)
  • They emphasize the significance of healing oneself, addressing past traumas, and achieving self-love as essential steps in preparing to meet one's twin flame. (yahoo.com)
  • Other oxidizers besides oxygen can be used to produce a flame. (wikipedia.org)
  • Flame is a group of musicians that produce unbelievably great music who just happen to have a disability,' Paul Nigra, the band's manager, said. (go.com)
  • Mark L. Levinson says, "When I joined the Harvard student radio station (WHRB) in 1966, the terms flame and flamer were already well established there to refer to impolite ranting and to those who performed it. (foldoc.org)
  • In terms of her daily routine, Flame is a model kitty citizen. (petfinder.com)
  • I remember someone picking up on the Human Torch pun, but I don't think "flame on/off" was ever much used at WPI. (foldoc.org)
  • The lives we remember are sometimes as elusive to us as those flames, slowly flickering away in our memories, lighting up our faces with reflected remembrance, but untouchable still. (poz.com)
  • Remember that the lines of real flames change direction randomly. (adobe.com)
  • The aim of the FLAME network is to bring together Swedish L&D expertise with advanced African research on climate change impacts and policy solutions to mutually strengthen the international knowledge base and African scholarship in the L&D field. (lu.se)
  • In a premixed flame, the oxygen and fuel are premixed beforehand, which results in a different type of flame. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Drycharger is a silicone treated, polyester wrap that is made to cover your K&N Personal Watercraft Flame Arrestor. (knfilters.com)
  • Indeed, Flame is the only touring band in the world to be wholly composed of disabled members. (go.com)
  • That the band Flame achieved the dream is remarkable in and of itself. (go.com)
  • When drawing with an app like Adobe Fresco , it's much easier to adjust and edit the flames as you go, since digital erasers work much more efficiently than rubber. (adobe.com)
  • Do the final colour edits on a digital flame drawing using new layers. (adobe.com)
  • Both men and women will find these twin flame messages helpful. (etsy.com)
  • The aim of Flame Tag is to be the person who is tagged for the shortest time. (editthis.info)
  • Maybe one large tongue of your flame is going to dominate and have the brightest white. (adobe.com)