Tetrachloroethylene and Flame Retardant, paper (like in labels), and paint.
The following halogenated solvents were
studied in view of their usefulness and their flame retardant property:
tetrachloroethylene, Cl2C = CCl2; 1, 1, 2-trichloroethane, ClH2CCHCl2; and
trichloroethylene, Cl2C = CHCl.^
Source: http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=5481163
...tetrachloroethylene and carbon
tetrachloride, once used in home cleaning fluids; mirex, which was restricted in
its use as a pesticide and fire retardant...
Source: http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Mothball-Napthalene-Cancer.htm
Mirex is used as an insecticide,
but also as a flame retardant for paper, plastics, rubber, paint, and electrical
goods.
Source: http://www.shodor.org/succeed/compchem/symmetries/mirex/about.html
Mirex and chlordecone are two separate, but chemically similar, manufactured insecticides that do not occur naturally in the environment. Mirex is a white crystalline solid, and chlordecone is a tan-white crystalline solid. Both chemicals are odorless.
Mirex and chlordecone have not
been manufactured or used in the United States since 1978. Mirex was used to
control fire ants, and as a flame retardant in plastics, rubber, paint, paper,
and electrical goods from 1959 to 1972. Chlordecone was used as an insecticide
on tobacco,
ornamental shrubs, bananas, and citrus trees, and in ant and roach traps. Mirex
was sold as a flame retardant under the trade name Dechlorane, and chlordecone
was also known as Kepone. Use of trade names is for identification only and does
not imply endorsement by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
the Public Health Service, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Source: http://www.injuryboard.com/view.cfm/TOPIC=1059