Company interviews suggest tax may not target the right flame retardants and has resulted in little substitution. Thirteen suppliers, importers and retailers of white goods and/or electronics were interviewed. Consistency of answers indicated that the number of...
European producers have announced the self-classification of melamine as a suspected human reproductive toxicant Cat. 2 This follows results of animal testing funded by industry, after ECHA concluded in 2017 that existing scientific data was inconclusive. The European...
New Green Public Purchasing (GPP) for printers exclude all halogenated polymers and halogenated flame retardants. GPP criteria are “voluntary”, but can be used by public bodies to justify tendering criteria with full legal security. The new criteria concern “Imaging...
Pinfa has called for a better inclusion of fire safety in product safety rules in EU consultation on GPSD. The General product Safety Directive 2001/95, now twenty years old, sets general safety rules for products not covered by specific legislation (e.g. products...
Flame retardant solutions are needed which combine fire safety with chemical safety for health. At a June 2020 webinar for technical staff of a global plastics materials supplier, Tim Reilly, (Clariant and pinfa North America) presented at an overview of today’s fire...
