The US Army has put the call out for new homegrown uniforms that are not only fire retardant but also insect repellent, and a team led by Dr. Ramaswamy Nagarajan at the University of Massachusetts ...

Polyester (PET) fabric is a versatile synthetic material with excellent abrasion, corrosion resistance, and light resistance. However, PET fabric is combustible, with a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of ...

Designated May 14, 2004, at the United States Department of Agriculture ARS Southern Regional Research Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Easy care cotton fabrics are now common. Much of the research ...

America’s increased energy production in the oil, gas and electrical sectors has sparked a need for more protective uniforms for manufacturing workers, made from flame-retardant fabrics. Since ...

To subject an object to a process (especially chemical) to alter it, often temporary. Treat the cloth with bleach. These two words get used a great deal in the flame-resistant fabric industry. Knowing ...

Normally, cotton fabrics are highly flammable. But when scientists tried to set fire to cotton coated with herring sperm DNA, the fabric refused to burn, the team reported in Journal of Materials ...

Dec. 30--Under attack since May for relying on flawed studies to justify the use of toxic flame retardants in furniture and household products, the chemical industry has turned to a familiar tactic: ...

Since Sailors are the Navy's most valuable asset, officials were clearly justified in creating a new uniform to protect the troops in normal working conditions. Here is everything you need to know ...

Governor Jerry Brown has revised a controversial law he signed into existence during his first stint as governor, back in 1975. The obscure-sounding “Technical Bulletin 117”, or TB 117, effectively ...