Lately, the dialogue is skewed against flame retardant treatments, though this is probably as much because of Toxic Hot Seat as anything else. So, my sense of

Lately, the dialogue is skewed against flame retardant treatments, though this is probably as much because of Toxic Hot Seat as anything else. So, my sense of the current "wisdom" is that the cancer and toxicity issues are significant, especially for firefighters, and the retardants offer relatively little protection against fires. A big factor in the turnaround is that the California standards were primarily concerned about protecting against dropped lit cigarettes, and so many fewer people smoke, particularly indoors.