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Fire Retardants in Plastics USA 26-27 April
12th edition of AMI Fire Retardants in Plastics, 26-27 April 2023, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
READ MOREFRPM23, Switzerland, 26-29 June – pinfa
19th edition of the European Meeting on Fire Retardant Polymeric Materials (FRPM). Early bird to 15th march 2023.
READ MORECefic welcomes EU chemical industry Transition Pathway
EU long-term plan for chemical industry includes investment, innovation and regulation to support green transformation.
READ MOREConsultation on CLP revision to 18th March
Proposed CLP Regulation revision would establish new hazard classes for endocrine, PBT, vPvB, PMT, vPvM chemicals.
READ MOREConsultation on Ecodesign to 25th April
EU roadmap consultation on which products and aspects should be priorities for fixing EcoDesign criteria under ESPR
READ MOREHome fires caused by electrical equipment
US NFPA says electrical wiring, lighting and related installations cause 5 000 home fires, cost 250 M$ per year.
READ MOREMicro e-mobility fire challenges event
Fire Department of New York (FDNY) conference shows need to address major new fire risks of e-bikes and e-scooters.
READ MOREOngoing debate on FRs in furniture
How do flame retardants improve furniture fire safety, depending on effects: prevent ignition, reduce heat, smoke?
READ MORECalculating cost-benefit of fire protection
Major international report proposes cost-benefit methodology for building fire protection measures with five case studies.
READ MOREPIN FR polycarbonate (PC) for 3D-printing
SABIC launches non-halogenated flame retardant PC for PFAM 3-D printing for railway fire safety and smoke requirements.
READ MOREPIN FR for recyclable tubing
Gabriel-Chemie’s new non-halogenated FR offers performance and sustainability benefits for polyolefins.
READ MOREPIN FR chosen for eco-friendly textiles
Reliance Industries is exclusively using FRX’s polyphosphonate PIN flame retardant in Recron® FS for fire safe, sustainable performance polyester fibres.
READ MOREPhosphorus FR for safer car seats
PIN FR can prevent ignition in synthetic leather, reduce flammability of polyester fabrics, improve car fire safety.
READ MOREBreeding plants for inherently FR cotton
The USDA has bred a line of plants which produce inherently fire-resistant white cotton fibres.
READ MORENon-halogenated PIN FR for PC film
CAI Performance Additives launches new PIN flame retardant for polycarbonate film, transparent, weather & water resistant.
READ MOREPolymeric silica PIN FRs
Surface functionalised silica nanoparticles will be tested as PIN FRs for transparent thermoplastics, such as PMMA poly(methyl methacrylate) and PC polycarbonate.
READ MORECoal fly ash tested as PIN FR for epoxy
Industrial-grade coal fly ash hollow microspheres from a power station showed to improve fire performance of epoxy resin.
READ MOREDOPO-silanes as PIN FRs for cotton
A new N P Si compound was synthesised and showed fire performance and semi-durability on cotton. The new compound, DOPO-AmdPTES, was compared to and showed better performance than similar DOPO-oxysilane (DOPO-ETES, see Vasiljević et al. 2015).
READ MOREEU HBMEU conclusions on flame retardant monitoring in children
The large EU-funded population study has published conclusions of analysis of ten halogenated FRs in blood and four organo-phosphate metabolites in urine from 2136 children from nine European countries.
READ MOREOrganophosphates and ADHD in children (Attention Disorder Hyperactivity Disorder)
A population study of 260 children with pre-school ADHD was compared to a stratified control group of 549, with data of organophosphate metabolites in mother’s urine at 17 weeks pregnancy.
READ MOREOrgano-phosphates half-life 2 – 6 weeks in coastal sediment
Lab incubation trials (in the dark) used coastal sediment and sea water collected from the Mediterranean (near the outlet of Marseille’s sewage works) spiked with seven organo-phosphorus esters (list below) to c. 180 ng/g.dw for each of the OPEs.
READ MOREMisleading paper confuses melamine with nitrogen flame retardants
A paper from China presents data on eight nitrogen compounds in human urine (301 samples from 13 Chinese cities): cyanuric acid, melamine, ammelide, ammeline, benzoguanamine, 2,4,6-trimethoxy-1,3,5-triazine, 2,4-diamino-6-(4-methylphenyl) - 1,3,5-triazine, diphenyl amidophosphate.
READ MOREpinfa-NA online Lunch & Learn fire and FRs
pinfa North America launches series of free webinars on fire and flame retardants, starting Wed 22 Feb. 11h30-12h30 EST (17h30-18h30 CET).
READ MOREFire Retardants in Plastics (USA)
The US flame retardants conference, Philadelphia, 26th-27th April 2023, including a panel discussion led by pinfa-NA.
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