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A Safe Fire Safety without toxic Flame Retardants

Chemical Watch, 12.04.18 ECHA calls for a restriction proposal of TCEP, TCPP and TDCP flame retardants used in PUR foams in childcare articles and residential upholstered furniture.  The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) calls for a EU-wide approach to this issue as well as for a wider restriction’s scope, which would include the public furniture …

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Chemical Watch, 23.11.17 « The European Furniture Industries Confederation (Efic) has welcomed a warning, included in the revised EU Green Public Procurement criteria, on the negative effects of flame retardant use. « 

Irish Times, 18.12.16 « Brussels has launched an investigation into whether Ireland’s furniture fire safety regulations — the strictest in Europe — comply with EU free-market rules, following a complaint by manufacturers. »

Euractiv 20.09.16 « The use of chemical flame retardants in furniture to improve fire safety can also have severe implications for public health, a number of associations have warned. »

EndsEurope 08.11.16  « The European Furniture Industries Confederation is planning to lodge a formal complaint with the European Commission in the next few weeks, claiming UK furniture regulations lead to the unnecessary use of hazardous chemicals. » (Paywall) 

ChemicalWatch 11.11.16 « The European Furniture Industries Conferedation (Efic) says that the ‘open flame’, or ‘match test’, required by the British fire safety test method (BS 5852) and the Irish (IS 419:1988) means manufacturers must use flame retardants. » (paywall)

EndsReport 08.11.16 « European furniture producers are planning to challenge the UK’s regulations, claiming they block trade and lead to unnecessary use of hazardous chemicals. » (Paywall)