ECHA (European Chemical Agency) has published the information requirements for the data base of articles containing chemicals on the REACH “Candidate List” of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). Declaration to this “SCIP Database” will be mandatory for all...
The (North American) International Code Council, meeting in August in Albuquerque, rejected a proposal to allow non flame retarded polystyrene foam in foundations, where it is underneath a concrete slab of at least 3 ½ inches. The proposal was supported by 19 persons...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected an action brought by Plastics Europe attempting to reverse the designation by ECHA of the plastic additive / monomer BPA (Bisphenol A) as an endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC), requiring Plastics Europe to pay the...
A five minute video summarises a stakeholder meeting on the Swedish chemicals ecotax on flame retardants, Stockholm, 17th September 2019, where Henrik Edin (IT Telekomföretagen) and Hans Wendschlag (Hewlett Packard) presented the case for a revision of the tax. This...
pinfa’s Advisory Board regularly brings together interested stakeholders (GOs, regulators, fire experts, professionals …) to discuss issues around fire safety and flame retardants, in an open but non-public dialogue. In June 2019, an exceptional meeting of the pinfa...
