Bacteria in the soil can transform the most commonly used flame retardant compound in the United States into more toxic forms that could be harmful to humans, according to a new laboratory study ...

Bacteria can break down a common flame retardant into more-toxic forms, researchers report. Besides finding more degradation products than earlier work had, the new study is the first to identify ...

A new report published online in the Environmental Science & Technology, the journal of the American Chemical Society, says that bacteria present in the soil can convert a commonly used flame ...