Firefighters absorb harmful chemicals through skin, study finds

Oct 24, 2017, at 01:34 am

Ottawa, Oct 23 (IBNS): Captain David Matschke is well aware of the dangers he faces on the job. A firefighter for 32 years, he is trained to race to the scene of house fires, car crashes and even industrial accidents, breaking through windows and doors to evacuate occupants and routinely putting himself in harm’s way. But beyond fire itself, a study published today in the journal Environmental Science & Technology sheds new light on another, more insidious threat that may be putting firefighters’ health at risk: toxic chemicals in smoke.

Common flame retardant chemicals may reduce likelihood of clinical pregnancy, live birth among women undergoing fertility treatments, finds study

Aug 27, 2017, at 12:38 am

Boston, Aug 26 (IBNS): Women with higher urinary concentrations of a common type of flame retardant had reduced likelihood of clinical pregnancy and live birth than those with lower concentrations, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

High levels of chemicals found in indoor cats, says study

Feb 27, 2017, at 09:01 pm

London, Feb 27 (IBNS): A study from Stockholm University has now established what was previously suspected, that the high levels of brominated flame retardants measured in cats are from the dust in our homes.