The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is proposing strict regulation of many uses of bisphenol A (BPA), the flame retardant dechlorane plus, two glycol ethers, and several metal-containing compounds.

A study found the chlorinated flame retardant Dechlorane Plus in the bark of trees across the northeastern US, with by far the highest concentrations measured near the Niagara Falls, N.Y., factory ...

In new research, Dechlorane Plus (DP), a widely used chlorinated flame retardant, emerges as a global pollutant. Researchers from Germany's Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Institute of Coastal Research ...

The chlorinated flame-retardant Dechlorane Plus (DP; C18H12Cl12), which is used as a substitute for Dechlorane (also called Mirex), is widely used in hard plastic electrical connectors in televisions ...

To get plastics ready for use in consumer and industrial products, companies add thousands of chemical additives that give them properties like elasticity and fire resistance. Many of these chemicals, ...

An expert panel of the United Nations' Stockholm Convention voted Sept. 30 to put two plastics additives on its list of toxic chemicals that should be eliminated, although it called for phasing them ...

At the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants held in May 2023, UV-328, Methoxychlor, and Dechlorane Plus were decided to come under ...