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Fire safety in strategic industry sectors
As part of the 5th European Fire Safety Week, pinfa webinar Wed. 15th November, 11h – 13h CET (Paris-Brussels time) on fire safety and sustainability in strategic industry sectors.
READ MOREpinfa-NA online Lunch & Learn webinar
pinfa North America free webinar ‘From flame retardant R&D to commercial product” Wed 25 October, 11h30-12h30 EST (17h30-18h30 CET).
READ MOREWebinar: selection of flame retardants
pinfa-NA, CAMX provided a dynamic one hour webinar on FR additive selection for fire safety on 18th October 2023.
READ MOREFire safety missed in Batteries Regulation
The revised EU Batteries Regulation does little to address battery fire safety, despite other ongoing EU actions.
READ MOREUS EPA proposes SNURs for three FR
The US has proposed Significant New Use Rules (SNUR under TSCA section 6) for TCEP, TBBPA and TPP: tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate, 4,4’-(1-methylethylidene)bis[2, 6-dibromophenol], triphenyl phosphate.
READ MORECall for fire safety in EU buildings directive
Associations say fire safety, especially for new energy systems, should be better integrated into the EU EPBD (Energy Performance of Buildings Directive).
READ MOREUK consults on Furniture Fire Regulations
Public consultation on recast of UK’s 1988 Furniture Fire Safety Regulations open to 24th October 2023. The consultation includes a draft regulatory text “to illustrate the approach”.
READ MOREpinfa-NA explainer video series – n°4
4th educational video on passive fire safety shows success of residential building fire risk mitigation.
READ MORETests show fire danger of materials in buses
Bus seat, floor and interior trim materials as used in buses and coaches were tested for fire behaviour and smoke emission, concluding that they “lead to very limited times for escape and rescue in case of fire in a bus cabin”.
READ MOREEuroNews on battery fire risks
Are we prepared to tackle the fire risks of batteries? Calls for action and initiatives on electric vehicle and battery fire safety
READ MOREConcerns about battery storage fire safety
New York launches taskforce to investigate energy storage fire risks after solar farm fire. Rotterdam puts moratorium on new facilities.
READ MOREAbsence of fire standards for wind turbines
There are today over twenty wind turbine fires annually worldwide, causing up to 5 million € economic loss per fire.
READ MOREFire risks of lithium ion battery electrolytes
Lithium ion batteries use highly flammable liquid organic electrolytes. Solutions include flame retardants. Current state-of-the-art lithium ion batteries use LiPF6 as electrolyte salt in an organic carbonate solvent, a system which is flammable and thermally unstable.
READ MOREPIN FR polypropylene (PP) for fire safety
Sirmax (US) offers PP compounds to UL 94 V-0 (0.8 mm) for EV, consumer & industry applications where fire safety is essential.
READ MOREPIN FR cables show lower smoke toxicity
Tests on 89 different cables analysed how different cable structures and materials influence behaviour, including sheath materials, bedding, number and configuration of conductors, different conductor metals.
READ MOREPIN FR cables prevent fire spread
Tests with full scale table trays show halogenated cables spread fire whereas PIN flame retardant cable do not.
READ MOREIntense fire resistant PIN polyamide for EVs
Ascend Performance Materials’ PIN FR PA66 resistant to 1100°C flame for 15 minutes for electric vehicle battery safety.
READ MOREPIN FRs for fire safety of recycled textiles
Insulation panels produced from of end-of-life textiles must be fire safety treated for safe use in buildings.
READ MORE“Substitute” brominated flame retardants (BFRs) found in US breast milk.
Milk from 50 mothers in or around Seattle was analysed for 66 BFRs: 37 PBDES or metabolites (a class of BFRs which has been largely phased out), 8 bromophenols and 8 other substitute BFRs.
READ MOREPossible release of brominated FRs from microplastics.
Simulations using synthetic sweat and sebum and microplastics (polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene) containing PBDEs or HBCD suggested that 1 – 2% of the brominated FR could be dermally bioaccessible.
READ MOREReview of toxicity of organo-phosphorus (OPFRs) and currently used halogenated FRs (HFRs) and of their metabolites.
69 studies were analysed , covering four alkyl OPFRs, five aryl OPFRs and fifteen chlorinated or brominated FRs.
READ MOREPBDE brominated FRs correlated to oxidative stress markers
Data for 8028 persons from the NHANES cohort (US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) were analysed for correlations between serum PBDE (nine PBDEs, tri- to deca-BDE) and metabolic indicators of oxidative stress (bilirubin, CGT).
READ MOREPrenatal organophosphate ester metabolite (OPEm) exposure and preschool cognitive processes
Levels of four OPEms (list below) in one sample of 340 mothers’ urine at 17 weeks pregnancy were compared to EF (Executive Function = attention span, vocabulary, assertiveness) of offspring 6 – 36 months.
READ MOREUK consults on Furniture Fire Regulations
Public consultation on recast of UK’s 1988 Furniture Fire Safety Regulations open to 24th October 2023. The consultation includes a draft regulatory text “to illustrate the approach”.
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