All fire retardants articles
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News
What to do with vast stockpiles of PFAS-laden firefighting foam?
Battelle’s new supercritical water oxidation technology has proven that it can destroy legacy foams containing ‘forever chemicals’
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News
European regulator moves to ban PFAS compounds in firefighting foams
Echa proposes barring all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from firefighting foams after reviewing health and environmental dangers
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Research
Struvite recovered from wastewater could be used to suppress wildfires
Experiments show struvite-suspended hydrogel is as good at fighting fire as a commercial ammonium polyphosphate-based formulation
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News
Material lessons from Grenfell
Call for better testing and regulation on combustible building materials following last month’s deadly London fire
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Careers
The fire scientist
Combustion expert Claire Benson shares how her team is solving the latest problems in health and safety
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Research
An ultralight graphene structure for all seasons
Super material is fire resistant and can absorb a record breaking 600 times its own weight in oil