Expert paper, with pinfa-NA, assesses possible non-halogenated solutions to reduce melt-drip fire risk in plastics. Melt-dripping of plastics can propagate fire from burning plastic to other materials. The UL 94 fire performance test therefore requires absence of...
pinfa now has over thirty full and associate members active in 2022 on policy, recycling, communications and worldwide. pinfa’s Annual Report 2022 provides a 30-page summary of actions on PIN flame retardants in the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability and...
Valencia, Spain, 19th April: eight pinfa members presented PIN fire safety solutions and regulatory developments: Adeka, Avient, Budenheim, Clariant, ICL, Imerys, Nabaltec, William Blythe. Workshop participants included compounders from across Europe and the workshop...
Consultation ask questions about Polluter Pays policy implementation, costs and which sectors should be targeted. Several sectors concerned by flame retardants are proposed as possible targets, including plastics and rubber products, electronic and electrical...
US regulators are opposing lawsuits attempting to prevent use of fire retardants to fight wildfires. The lawsuits, brought by an NGO of Forest Service employees (FESSS), suggests that a permit would be needed to use fire retardants in wildfire fighting water. It is...
