The Consumer Product Safety Commission is telling consumers to immediately stop using Elide Fire Extinguishing Balls, a product ... of a fire and release fire retardant chemicals to put it out.

It’s widely used because it can slow flames in ways that water can’t. But it also contains heavy metals and other harmful compounds.

The U.S. Forest Service bans the use of long-term fire retardant on federal lands near waterways or endangered species ...

Crews battling the deadly Los Angeles wildfires have been dropping a bright pink fire retardant across the city ahead of the advancing flames – leaving some wondering what the substance is ...