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The largest of these aircraft can dump more than 9,000 gallons of water or fire retardant (basically, water and ammonium phosphate fertilizer mixed with pink dye) on fires, slowing their spread.
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Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
When used in fire retardant, ammonium phosphate can change the way the cellulose in plants reacts to heat.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
Aerial fire suppressants are generally a mixture of water, ammonium phosphate — essentially fertilizer — and iron oxide, which is added to make the retardant visible, said Daniel McCurry, a civil and environmental engineering professor at the University of Southern California.
—Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
Health, environmental impacts of fire retardant Wildfire retardants contain about 85% water, 10% ammonium phosphate fertilizer and 5% minor ingredients — including a colorant to help pilots see where the slurry has already been dropped — according to former U.S. Forest Service employee Andy Stahl.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 2 Sep. 2024
Phos-Chek is a sticky slurry of ammonium phosphate designed to coat vegetation and other fuels to deprive advancing flames of oxygen.
—Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2023
And runoff from battling wildfires over the years with the use of flame retardant containing ammonium phosphate, has been shown to be toxic to fish.
—Jim Robbins, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
Phos-Chek, that neon-pink goo that airplanes dump over wildfires, is a sticky slurry of ammonium phosphate designed to coat vegetation and other fuels to deprive advancing flames of oxygen.
—oregonlive, 5 July 2023
That brightly colored slurry, known as Phos-Chek, coats vegetation and other fire fuel in a layer of ammonium phosphate, slowing a fire’s advance.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2023
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Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
When used in fire retardant, ammonium phosphate can change the way the cellulose in plants reacts to heat.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
Aerial fire suppressants are generally a mixture of water, ammonium phosphate — essentially fertilizer — and iron oxide, which is added to make the retardant visible, said Daniel McCurry, a civil and environmental engineering professor at the University of Southern California.
—Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
Health, environmental impacts of fire retardant Wildfire retardants contain about 85% water, 10% ammonium phosphate fertilizer and 5% minor ingredients — including a colorant to help pilots see where the slurry has already been dropped — according to former U.S. Forest Service employee Andy Stahl.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 2 Sep. 2024
Phos-Chek is a sticky slurry of ammonium phosphate designed to coat vegetation and other fuels to deprive advancing flames of oxygen.
—Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2023
And runoff from battling wildfires over the years with the use of flame retardant containing ammonium phosphate, has been shown to be toxic to fish.
—Jim Robbins, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
Phos-Chek, that neon-pink goo that airplanes dump over wildfires, is a sticky slurry of ammonium phosphate designed to coat vegetation and other fuels to deprive advancing flames of oxygen.
—oregonlive, 5 July 2023
That brightly colored slurry, known as Phos-Chek, coats vegetation and other fire fuel in a layer of ammonium phosphate, slowing a fire’s advance.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2023
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“Ammonium phosphate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ammonium%20phosphate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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