Authorities battling a series of large wildfires in the Los Angeles area have employed a bright red fire retardant to tamp the flames, leading to dramatic images of the material blanketing scores of ...

An air tanker drops fire retardant on a brush fire in Lytle Creek in December 2020. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times) For most Californians, the sight of aircraft spewing neon pink liquid over flaming ...

Flame retardants commonly used in furniture are linked to serious health issues, including cancer and thyroid disease ...

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A judge ruled Friday that the U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant to fight wildfires, despite finding that the practice pollutes streams in western states in violation of federal law.

A decade-long study has shown that household environments play a significant role in long-term chemical exposure, and that ...

Aerial fire suppressants are generally a mixture of water, ammonium phosphate — essentially fertilizer — and iron oxide, which is added to make the retardant visible, said Daniel McCurry, a civil and ...

The Community Development Agency recommended the ban and urged extending the prohibition to include the use of fire-retardant-treated wood in substantial remodels.

Some firefighter gear is manufactured with chemicals called brominated flame retardants that could pose a risk to firefighter health, according to a study published in Environmental Science & ...

For most Californians, the sight of aircraft spewing neon pink liquid over flaming trees and brush has become a hallmark of aggressive wildfire suppression campaigns — if not a potent symbol of ...

Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dropping more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant ahead of the flames in a desperate effort to ...