pinfa-NA free webinar: what research on FRs is carried out, what is needed, with what funding, which stakeholders? Wed. 12th June, 11h30-12h30 EDT (17h30 -18h30 CEST). With Gary Wnek, Professor of Engineering and Professor and Chair of Macromolecular Science and...
Survey with five short questions aims to help pinfa-NA improve and develop its ‘Lunch and Learn’ one-hour webinar series. pinfa-NA launched these in February 2023 with a webinar on polymeric materials in fires (Feb. 2023), followed by the Boston Great Fire (March...
6th 3-minute education video addresses the questions of health and environmental concerns and regulation of FRs. The video explains that regulators worldwide assess the risk of chemicals used in plastics, based on hazard and exposure. A small number of flame...
Science publication of pinfa study on PIN flame retardant polymer smoke emissions downloaded more than 1 500 times after one year. The paper in ‘Fire & Material’s’, by authors from CREPIM France and pinfa, presents results of tests on 72 formulations of 10...
pinfa has updated our Q&A on regulatory classification of melamine and implications for melamine-based PIN FRs. Additional information is included on the implications on melamine-based flame retardants of possible inclusion of melamine itself in REACH Annex XIV...
