A. Yes, that's true. Unfortunately, the fire retardant used in the foam padding of your carpet probably is polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE); it was taken off the U.S. market between 2004-2006, but ...

We have an 8-month-old and are moving into an apartment with wall-to-wall carpet that was installed in 2004. I heard that fire retardants used in carpets made before 2006 can be dangerous. Is that ...

Q: We have an 8-month-old and are moving into an apartment with wall-to-wall carpet that was installed in 2004. I heard that fire retardants used in carpets made before 2006 can be dangerous. Is that ...

(CNN) — Flame retardants added for decades to thousands of consumer products in the United States may raise the risk of dying from cancer, according to new research. People with the highest levels of ...

A chemical flame retardant commonly used in foam furniture padding is accumulating so rapidly in the breast milk of nursing mothers that environmentalists and some scientists are calling for a ban on ...

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Following up on the breakthrough amendments to the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), California has reasserted its intention to proceed with its Green Chemistry Initiative to require ...

(CNN) — Flame retardants added for decades to thousands of consumer products in the United States may raise the risk of dying from cancer, according to new research. (CNN) — Flame retardants added for ...