by pinfa-editor | 29 Sep, 2022
Jonatan Kleimark, ChemSec indicated that the International Chemical Secretariat is an independent non-profit organisation, founded in 2002, to advocate for substitution of toxic chemicals to safer alternatives, funded by the Swedish Government, WWF and other NGOs and...
by pinfa-editor | 29 Sep, 2022
Peter Fisk, Green Chemical Design presented a study underway for pinfa, looking at whether organo-phosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs) is a meaningful group of chemicals for generic legislation, or how they could be appropriately grouped. He underlined that the REACH...
by pinfa-editor | 29 Sep, 2022
Stacy Glass and Lauren Heine, ChemFORWARD underlined the need to establish trusted downstream user information on chemicals in products. Firstly, toxicology data is missing on many chemicals. Secondly, data is not accessible to users. A survey of nearly fifty...
by pinfa-editor | 29 Sep, 2022
Google is committed to moving to safer chemicals in its products and operations to support a safe and circular economy, from production through the end of life for recycling. For Google, this means using less hazardous chemicals. To achieve this, a widely accessible...
by pinfa-editor | 29 Sep, 2022
Carles Ibanez, ICL discussed the challenge for flame retardants and for all plastics additives of persistence versus durability. Flame retardants must be chemically stable, that is “durable”, both in processing (e.g. melting of plastic compounds and injection molding...
