Webinar on 1963 Fitchville nursing home fire shows that fire safety improvements are slow and often inadequate. The webinar, by Eric Ebinger, author, historian and HR and EH&S manager, explained how 63 residents tragically died in the Golden Age Nursing Home fire,...
pinfa-NA free webinar – EV battery enclosure screening fire tests, with K.R. Vessey, UL Solutions. Wed. 29th May, 11h30-12h30 EDT (17h30 -18h30 CEST). https://www.pinfa-na.org/
pinfa-NA members participated at ANTEC® 2024, Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference, Saint Louis, Missouri, March 2024. With over 400 attendees, the event showcased the latest advances in industrial, laboratory, academic, and international work on...
Tim Reilly and Stephen Scherrer, pinfa-NA, will present on why and where flame retardants are needed at ACS Fire & Polymers, 12-15 May, New Orleans. pinfa-NA is developing a project on the “Value of flame retardant containing materials” to demonstrate that FRs are...
The European Commission has clarified investigations ECHA should undertake in 2024 on flame retardants. This follows publication of the ECHA Regulatory Strategy for Flame Retardants (European Chemicals Agency, March 2023, see pinfa Newsletter n°147). The letter to...
