Public consultation on recast of UK’s 1988 Furniture Fire Safety Regulations open to 24th October 2023. The consultation includes a draft regulatory text “to illustrate the approach”. The proposed new regulations would require (art. 12) the finished upholstered...
Alan Amici, Center for Automotive Research (CAR), will discuss production forecasts and R&D needs for electric vehicles. With 35 billion US$ committed by industry to EV assembly and battery production alone, the transition to electric vehicles will be the biggest...
TV New Zealand with fire services broadcast full-scale furnished house burn trial showing how a scooter battery fire becomes unsurvivable after three minutes. A derelict house was repaired as necessary and furnished. An electric scooter lithium-ion battery was short...
Updated Swedish ecotax covers all halogenated and phosphorus FRs with a 50% reduction for non-halogenated. The tax covers electrical and electronic goods sold in Sweden (but online sales escape the tax). From 1st July 2023, the tax is modified. Simplified, a 95% tax...
US National Toxicology Programme concludes evidence of carcinogenic activity of the halogenated FR TCPP = Tris(chloropropyl) phosphate. The 240-page report presents results of four long-duration (3 month, 2 year) studies of rats and mice, concluding that there was...