Canada has announced the aim to protect firefighters from toxic substances, including certain flame retardants. Canada’s Federal Ministers for Health and for the Environment together announced an “Action Plan” to protect firefighters from “harmful chemicals released...
ECHA has added three brominated substances and MCCPs to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern. The three brominated chemicals (BMP*, TBNPA*, DBPA*) are used in polymers resins or compounds, in foams or as intermediates. MCCPs (medium-chain chlorinated...
US EPA reports 250 lithium-ion battery fires in waste treatment facilities impacting workers, environment and recycling. Fires relating to batteries in recycling centres and other waste facilities are increasing, but with limited data, so that the 245 identified fires...
ICC clarifies US fire and safety requirements for inflatable amusement devices for the entertainment industry. The modified International Code Council International Fire Code (ICC IFC) requirement, applicable in the USA, clarifies that NFPA 701 Test Method 2 is...
Henkel launches non-halogenated flame retardant epoxy meeting aircraft fire, smoke and toxicity requirements. The two-part Loctite epoxy adhesive reinforces and bonds thermoplastic and thermosets and can serve as a matrix resin on fibreglass. It does not contain...
