6th 3-minute education video addresses the questions of health and environmental concerns and regulation of FRs. The video explains that regulators worldwide assess the risk of chemicals used in plastics, based on hazard and exposure. A small number of flame...
Science publication of pinfa study on PIN flame retardant polymer smoke emissions downloaded more than 1 500 times after one year. The paper in ‘Fire & Material’s’, by authors from CREPIM France and pinfa, presents results of tests on 72 formulations of 10...
pinfa has updated our Q&A on regulatory classification of melamine and implications for melamine-based PIN FRs. Additional information is included on the implications on melamine-based flame retardants of possible inclusion of melamine itself in REACH Annex XIV...
Rwanda, Cook Islands and Norway have proposed to the United Nations to “avoid and minimise” many plastics chemicals. The three countries proposed to UNEP INC-4 to ban ten chemicals or families of chemicals which are today identified as CMR (carcinogenic, mutagenic or...
Ten years’ data shows increasing fires in China, especially in rural areas, with electrical systems the leading fire cause. Analysis of fire statistics 2012-2022 and nearly 2000 detailed questionnaires with rural populations show that number of fires in China and...
