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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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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 16.09.16 “The Case for Flame Retardant Free Furniture” featured on EndsReport. (Paywall)