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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

 

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