Minnesota State has enacted legislation (SF1215) banning four flame retardants (TDCPP, Deca-BDE, HBCD, TCEP) in children’s products and in upholstered furniture: search SF1215 at http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/legis.aspx – Media are targeting ‘TRIS’ (brominated TRIS, which was banned from children’s clothing in the USA in 1977, and chlorinated TRIS = TDCPP), see e.g. New York Times video and article http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/04/us/a-flame-retardant-that-came-with-its-own-threat-to-health.html – EHHI’s “Flame retardants: the case for policy change” presents the organisation’s vision on certain FRs http://www.ehhi.org/flame/ – Ecology Centre test of 15 car seats, in the majority of which flame retardants were found, stating that alternative flame retardants require more study http://www.ecocenter.org/healthy-stuff/hidden-hazards