A phosphorus – nitrogen PIN flame retardant was developed for PA6 providing gas phase fire performance and anti-drip. ‘CBPB’ was synthesised by reacting p-Cyanobenzaldehyde (CBAD with 2-aminobenzimidazole (2-AB), then with 9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-...
The EU’s Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) has adopted an Opinion supporting Restriction (under REACH) of the chlorinated flame retardant Dechlorane Plus (Dodecachlorododecahydrodimethanodibenzocyclooctene). The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) already...
100 to 130 participants joined the three sessions of pinfa’s webinar on “What are Safe and Sustainable Flame Retardants?” (one hour sessions on each of 27, 28 and 30th June 2022). Leading NGOs, experts and downstream users (TCO, ChemForward, ChemSec, Google, Schneider...
Filipe Almeida, Cefic (the European Chemical Industry Federation) underlined that the Green Deal Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability represents a radical step forward in regulation, with important changes in both REACH and CLP (Classification, Labelling and...
Adrian Beard (Clariant), Chairman of pinfa emphasised that this proposed generic category “flame retardants” is not logical, because it refers to a function and not a family of chemicals. In fact, flame retardants face the same challenges as other plastic additives,...
