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09.07.2026
Furniture PIN FRs accepted to be safe
pinfa has prepared a list of non-halogenated flame retardants considered to be safe: TCO or Ökotex or not Classified for heath/environment (or lose the Classification on application). This is included in pinfa’s submission to the UK Government consultation on furniture fire safety, see above.
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| PIN flame retardants used in furniture and accepted to be safe
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| Health or environment Classifications | TCO* accepted | ÖkoTex** accepted | |
| Bisphenol A diphosphate | NO | YES | |
| Tetrakis (2,6-dimethylphenyl)-m-phenylene biphosphate | NO | YES | |
| Siloxanes and silicones, di-Me, di-Ph, polymers with Ph silsesquioxanes | NO | YES | |
| Phenoxyphosphazene / hexaphenoxycyclotriphosphazene (HPCP) | NO | YES | |
| Polyphosphonates | NO | YES | |
| Phosphonic acid, (3([hydroxymethlyl]amino)-3-oxopropyl-dimethyl ester | NO | YES | |
| Reaction mass of 3-[(diphenoxyphosphoryl)oxy]phenyl triphenyl 1,3-phenylene bis(phosphate) and tetraphenyl 1,3-phenylene bis(phosphate) | NO | YES | |
| Proprietary organosphorus-based flame retardants | NO | YES | |
| Ammonium polyphosphate | NO | YES | |
| Melamine polyphosphate | NO | YES | |
| N-alkoxy hindered amine | NO | YES | |
| * TCO the health, environment and worker protection label https://tcocertified.com/ ** ÖkoTex https://www.oeko-tex.com/en/our-standards/standard-100-by-oeko-tex | |||
