New study in
@naturesustain.bsky.social demonstrates that polymers used as flame retardants can break down into smaller harmful chemicals. This contradicts the long-held assumption that polymers are too big to be harmful.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Environmental impacts of polymeric flame retardant breakdown - Nature Sustainability
As a ‘safe’ alternative to harmful monomeric halogenated flame retardants, the use of polymeric flame retardants has surged in recent years. The authors show that polymeric flame retardants break down...
