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January 6, 2016
Source:
American Chemical Society
Summary:
Over the past three decades, the number of cats diagnosed with
hyperthyroidism has increased. According to research reports, many
factors such as exposure to flame retardants could be responsible, and
now a new study points in another direction. It suggests that
fish-flavored cat food could be among the culprits.



I wonder what they use to produce fish flavore???
Certainly not fish......

On 1/6/2016 1:58 PM, Sjouke Burry wrote:
Found this on Science daily rss feed:

January 6, 2016
Source:
American Chemical Society
Summary:
Over the past three decades, the number of cats diagnosed with
hyperthyroidism has increased. According to research reports, many
factors such as exposure to flame retardants could be responsible, and
now a new study points in another direction. It suggests that
fish-flavored cat food could be among the culprits.



I wonder what they use to produce fish flavore???
Certainly not fish......

I am taking a leap guessing you're talking about dry food? shrug I
never fed my cat Persia "fishy" flavoured food.

Persia developed hyperthyroid anyway. It's apparently fairly common in
cats around age 12-13. As is renal failure in elderly cats.

I don't know what you mean by flame retardants.

Jill

On 06.01.16 20:37, jmcquown wrote:
On 1/6/2016 1:58 PM, Sjouke Burry wrote:
Found this on Science daily rss feed:

January 6, 2016
Source:
American Chemical Society
Summary:
Over the past three decades, the number of cats diagnosed with
hyperthyroidism has increased. According to research reports, many
factors such as exposure to flame retardants could be responsible, and
now a new study points in another direction. It suggests that
fish-flavored cat food could be among the culprits.



I wonder what they use to produce fish flavore???
Certainly not fish......

I am taking a leap guessing you're talking about dry food? shrug I
never fed my cat Persia "fishy" flavoured food.

Persia developed hyperthyroid anyway. It's apparently fairly common in
cats around age 12-13. As is renal failure in elderly cats.

I don't know what you mean by flame retardants.

Jill

The American Chemical Society talks about flame retardants.

I copy/pasted the entire summary verbatim.

Flame retardants are chemicals, applied to slow down fire
in clothes, furniture, etc.
Some people think they are poisonous.

On 1/6/2016 2:50 PM, Sjouke Burry wrote:
On 06.01.16 20:37, jmcquown wrote:
On 1/6/2016 1:58 PM, Sjouke Burry wrote:
Found this on Science daily rss feed:

January 6, 2016
Source:
American Chemical Society
Summary:
Over the past three decades, the number of cats diagnosed with
hyperthyroidism has increased. According to research reports, many
factors such as exposure to flame retardants could be responsible, and
now a new study points in another direction. It suggests that
fish-flavored cat food could be among the culprits.



I wonder what they use to produce fish flavore???
Certainly not fish......

I am taking a leap guessing you're talking about dry food? shrug I
never fed my cat Persia "fishy" flavoured food.

Persia developed hyperthyroid anyway. It's apparently fairly common in
cats around age 12-13. As is renal failure in elderly cats.

I don't know what you mean by flame retardants.

Jill

The American Chemical Society talks about flame retardants.

I copy/pasted the entire summary verbatim.

Thanks, but the summary doesn't say much.

Flame retardants are chemicals, applied to slow down fire
in clothes, furniture, etc.
Some people think they are poisonous.

Ah, as applied to fabrics. Poisonous, perhaps. Unnecessary, absolutely
(IMHO). I thought most of the uses were outlawed (at least in the US)
starting in the 1960's. I do think the change dragged out into the
1980's. I remember the recall of flame retardant children's pajamas and
Halloween costumes. Things like that. That was a long time ago. (I
also seem to recall they turned out not to be all that flame retardant.
Heh.)

I remember my mother bought me a beautiful fabric doll when I was 6
years old. Apparently it had been treated with some sort of flame
retardant. The fire department tracked down all the people who bought
the dolls and came to our house in New Jersey to confiscate it. I
remember being *really* upset because my brand new doll was taken away.
That was 1966.

I really have to wonder why anyone *ever* thought pajamas, clothes,
furniture etc. needed to be coated with some chemical "flame retardant".

Jill

On 1/6/2016 2:31 PM, jmcquown wrote:
On 1/6/2016 2:50 PM, Sjouke Burry wrote:
On 06.01.16 20:37, jmcquown wrote:
On 1/6/2016 1:58 PM, Sjouke Burry wrote:
Found this on Science daily rss feed:

January 6, 2016
Source:
American Chemical Society
Summary:
Over the past three decades, the number of cats diagnosed with
hyperthyroidism has increased. According to research reports, many
factors such as exposure to flame retardants could be responsible, and
now a new study points in another direction. It suggests that
fish-flavored cat food could be among the culprits.



I wonder what they use to produce fish flavore???
Certainly not fish......

I am taking a leap guessing you're talking about dry food? shrug I
never fed my cat Persia "fishy" flavoured food.

Persia developed hyperthyroid anyway. It's apparently fairly common in
cats around age 12-13. As is renal failure in elderly cats.

I don't know what you mean by flame retardants.

Jill

The American Chemical Society talks about flame retardants.

I copy/pasted the entire summary verbatim.

Thanks, but the summary doesn't say much.

Flame retardants are chemicals, applied to slow down fire
in clothes, furniture, etc.
Some people think they are poisonous.

Ah, as applied to fabrics. Poisonous, perhaps. Unnecessary, absolutely
(IMHO). I thought most of the uses were outlawed (at least in the US)
starting in the 1960's. I do think the change dragged out into the
1980's. I remember the recall of flame retardant children's pajamas and
Halloween costumes. Things like that. That was a long time ago. (I
also seem to recall they turned out not to be all that flame retardant.
Heh.)

I remember my mother bought me a beautiful fabric doll when I was 6
years old. Apparently it had been treated with some sort of flame
retardant. The fire department tracked down all the people who bought
the dolls and came to our house in New Jersey to confiscate it. I
remember being *really* upset because my brand new doll was taken away.
That was 1966.

I really have to wonder why anyone *ever* thought pajamas, clothes,
furniture etc. needed to be coated with some chemical "flame retardant".

Jill
There are still some regulations regarding flame retardant fabrics, and
it can be very important in some situations. For example, tests from
years ago showed that seats in airplanes would burn very quickly
following an accident when some fabrics (especially some stuffing in the
cushions) were used. Then the problem of toxicity developed, and I seem
to recall that some treated fabrics quickly caused a smoke hazard in fires.

MaryL

Found this on Science daily rss feed:
January 6, 2016
Source:
American Chemical Society
Summary:
Over the past three decades, the number of cats diagnosed with
hyperthyroidism has increased. According to research reports, many
factors such as exposure to flame retardants could be responsible,
and now a new study points in another direction. It suggests that
fish-flavored cat food could be among the culprits.
I wonder what they use to produce fish flavore???
Certainly not fish......

The phrase means that it *does* contain fish. ("Fish flavour"
is what you say if you don't want to commit yourself to any
actual fish being present: the "-ed" makes all the difference).

The source of the problem is ultimately the same as with flame
retardants - halogenated hydrocarbons produced by humans. They
end up in the food chain and are concentrated in fish fats.


I really have to wonder why anyone *ever* thought pajamas,
clothes, furniture etc. needed to be coated with some chemical
"flame retardant".

Because synthetic fibres go up in flames much more quickly and
dangerously than natural ones. A child in nylon pyjamas can
get lethal burns in seconds if they contact a naked flame.
Wool and cotton don't do that.

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On 1/6/2016 7:55 PM, Jack Campin wrote:

Because synthetic fibres go up in flames much more quickly and
dangerously than natural ones. A child in nylon pyjamas can
get lethal burns in seconds if they contact a naked flame.
Wool and cotton don't do that.

My pyjamas were always made of cotton. These days I don't bother
wearing anything when I go to bed.

I will restate, I thought they'd outlawed those flame retardants on
fabrics decades ago. shrug

Jill

On 1/6/2016 7:28 PM, MaryL wrote:
On 1/6/2016 2:31 PM, jmcquown wrote:
On 1/6/2016 2:50 PM, Sjouke Burry wrote:
On 06.01.16 20:37, jmcquown wrote:
On 1/6/2016 1:58 PM, Sjouke Burry wrote:
Found this on Science daily rss feed:

January 6, 2016
Source:
American Chemical Society
Summary:
Over the past three decades, the number of cats diagnosed with
hyperthyroidism has increased. According to research reports, many
factors such as exposure to flame retardants could be responsible, and
now a new study points in another direction. It suggests that
fish-flavored cat food could be among the culprits.



I wonder what they use to produce fish flavore???
Certainly not fish......

I am taking a leap guessing you're talking about dry food? shrug I
never fed my cat Persia "fishy" flavoured food.

Persia developed hyperthyroid anyway. It's apparently fairly common in
cats around age 12-13. As is renal failure in elderly cats.

I don't know what you mean by flame retardants.

Jill

The American Chemical Society talks about flame retardants.

I copy/pasted the entire summary verbatim.

Thanks, but the summary doesn't say much.

Flame retardants are chemicals, applied to slow down fire
in clothes, furniture, etc.
Some people think they are poisonous.

Ah, as applied to fabrics. Poisonous, perhaps. Unnecessary, absolutely
(IMHO). I thought most of the uses were outlawed (at least in the US)
starting in the 1960's. I do think the change dragged out into the
1980's. I remember the recall of flame retardant children's pajamas and
Halloween costumes. Things like that. That was a long time ago. (I
also seem to recall they turned out not to be all that flame retardant.
Heh.)

I remember my mother bought me a beautiful fabric doll when I was 6
years old. Apparently it had been treated with some sort of flame
retardant. The fire department tracked down all the people who bought
the dolls and came to our house in New Jersey to confiscate it. I
remember being *really* upset because my brand new doll was taken away.
That was 1966.

I really have to wonder why anyone *ever* thought pajamas, clothes,
furniture etc. needed to be coated with some chemical "flame retardant".

Jill
There are still some regulations regarding flame retardant fabrics, and
it can be very important in some situations. For example, tests from
years ago showed that seats in airplanes would burn very quickly
following an accident when some fabrics (especially some stuffing in the
cushions) were used. Then the problem of toxicity developed, and I seem
to recall that some treated fabrics quickly caused a smoke hazard in fires.

MaryL

Perhaps, but I did think those chemical treatments were outlawed in the
US a long time ago.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
On 1/6/2016 7:55 PM, Jack Campin wrote:

Because synthetic fibres go up in flames much more quickly and
dangerously than natural ones. A child in nylon pyjamas can
get lethal burns in seconds if they contact a naked flame.
Wool and cotton don't do that.

My pyjamas were always made of cotton. These days I don't bother
wearing anything when I go to bed.

I will restate, I thought they'd outlawed those flame retardants on
fabrics decades ago. shrug

Jill


I haven't worn pyjamas for 50 years. I'll have to wear them tomorrow in
hospital when I go in for my bypass surgery. 😿

--
Adrian

On 1/11/2016 4:51 PM, Adrian wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
On 1/6/2016 7:55 PM, Jack Campin wrote:

Because synthetic fibres go up in flames much more quickly and
dangerously than natural ones. A child in nylon pyjamas can
get lethal burns in seconds if they contact a naked flame.
Wool and cotton don't do that.

My pyjamas were always made of cotton. These days I don't bother
wearing anything when I go to bed.

I will restate, I thought they'd outlawed those flame retardants on
fabrics decades ago. shrug

Jill


I haven't worn pyjamas for 50 years. I'll have to wear them tomorrow in
hospital when I go in for my bypass surgery. 😿

Purrs for that surgery, Adrian. My SO had a quintuple bypass in 2004
and he's still going strong.

Jill