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Intense 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”.
READ MOREPublic consultation on WEEE Directive
Questionnaire to evaluate EU WEEE Directive effectiveness, impacts, links to other EU legislation and standards.
READ MOREAutomobile expert on EV developments
Alan Amici, Center for Automotive Research (CAR), will discuss production forecasts and R&D needs for electric vehicles.
READ MOREHouse burn reaches ¾ million viewers
TV New Zealand with fire services broadcast full-scale furnished house burn trial showing how a scooter battery fire becomes unsurvivable after three minutes.
READ MORESweden E&E “ecotax” update
Updated Swedish ecotax covers all halogenated and phosphorus FRs with a 50% reduction for non-halogenated.
READ MORECarcinogenicity of chlorinated FR TCPP
US National Toxicology Programme concludes evidence of carcinogenic activity of the halogenated FR TCPP = Tris(chloropropyl) phosphate.
READ MOREJoint letter for EU holistic fire safety
18 industry, technical and science organisations call for structural coordination of EU initiatives on fire safety of buildings in a letter to the European Commission led by the European Sire Safety Alliance and signed by pinfa.
READ MOREClarification CPR fire resistance Annexes
Proposed consolidation, tidying and update of EU Construction Products Regulation fire resistance classes.
READ MOREOrientations for EU Ecodesign
Questionnaires will input to EU Ecodesign criteria for cooking equipment and imaging equipment (i.e. printers).
READ MOREData centre fires a “significant threat”
Digital infrastructure specialists DgtlInfra explains data centre fire risks, consequences and causes, with 19 examples of major data centre fires over the last decade.
READ MORECar transport ship fires
The “Fremantle Highway” car transport ship fire is raising questions about electric vehicle (EV) transport safety.
READ MORESiemens white paper on EV garage fires
Specific new fire risks of electric vehicles require new approaches to prevention, detection and extinction.
READ MOREPhytic acid based PIN FR for PVA
Bio-based phosphorus flame retardant achieves UL 94 V-0 in polyvinyl alcohol with good mechanical and UV performance.
READ MOREDOPO coating of polyamide fibres
Phosphorus PIN FR DOPO was coated on PA6 textile achieving vertical burn self-extinguishing and wash semi-durable.
READ MOREPathway to sustainable PIN FRs
Review suggests that AI could enable design of cost-effective and safe new PIN FRs and underlines need for LCA.
READ MOREReactive phosphorus PIN FR for poly(lactic acid)
Marie-Odile Augé, Centrale Lille, France & Daniele Roncucci, Empa / ETHZ, Switzerland - The bio-sourced polymer poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is highly flammable and requires flame retardants to reduce fire risks.
READ MOREProtecting carbon fibres from fire in laminates
Weronika Tabaka, BAM Germany - Fire stability of carbon fibre – epoxy resin laminates with protective interlayers was tested at bench scale (120 mm x 120 mm) with simultaneous application of mechanical load and direct flame (butane burner).
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