The State of California has repealed requirements for flammability resistance (TB133 open flame test) for furniture in public buildings (public spaces in hotels, prisons, hospitals, schools, auditoriums and stadiums …). Furniture in these buildings will now only have...
The Australia Government has awarded 3 million UAS$ (around 1.9 million €) funding to a 8 million AUS$ project to develop “eco-friendly, non-toxic, durable flame retardants” for polymers and textiles. The project is engaged by the University of New South Wales and...
The UK Government has launched a public consultation, open to 1st March 2019, on “Document B” (1) of the building regulations. This consultation is a “call for evidence” to inform the review of UK building fire safety, as part of a wider review of fire safety,...
The new website service “FireSafetyTools” provides an online database of fire safety codes, regulations and standards, designed to help industry identify what fire safety performance requirements are applicable to a given product or material in a given market....
Caroline Braibant, International Antimony Association presented the increasing regulatory pressure on antimony trioxide (ATO), which is widely used as a synergist for halogenated flame retardants. ATO is currently classified as carcinogenic category 2 by inhalation...
