What's in that bright red fire retardant? No one will say, so we had it tested

https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/how-much-toxic-heavy-metal-is-in-that-bright-red-fire-retardant-we-had-it-tested-to-find-out

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I also handle training on these techniques and the management of sample preparation labs.

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