The Commission proposal centres on online sales, enforcement and recalls, and new technologies: fire is not mentioned. The General Product Safety Directive (GPSD 2001/95) will become a “Regulation”, making it more directly applicable. The Commission proposal (30th...
Proposed “POP” Regulation update will reduce limits for certain chlorinated and certain FRs in recycled wastes. Consultation was open to 23rd December 2021. The objective is to improve protection for human health and the environment from ‘POP’ (persistent organic...
Screening risk assessment proposes regulatory action on TEP and IPP (aryl organophosphate FRs) in foams. The draft screening assessment was open for comment and for input of information to 5th January 2022. It covers nine aryl organophosphate (phosphate ester) PIN FRs...
Numbers of fires and of fire casualties in the USA are approximately stable since around 2010, with some 1.4 million fires, 3 500 civilian fire deaths, 5 200 reported civilian fire injuries and nearly US$22 billion fire damage in 2020. Compared to 1980, numbers of...
One third of UK underwriters are willing to cover fire safety risks in building works to replace defective cladding, and nearly all of the remaining two thirds offer only partial coverage. Three quarters considered that the UK construction industry has not yet learnt...
