126 people escaped with no major injuries when RED Air MD-80 crash landed and caught fire at Miami International Airport 21st June 2022. Information suggests that a tire burst then landing gear collapsed, the plane landed on the fuselage ending in grass near the...
z2data Webinar with Design Chain Associates says circularity drives to sustainable chemicals, and EU Green Deal policies will make this happen. Environmental compliance, sustainability, safety and performance expert, Michael Kirschner, says the electronics industry...
pinfa member, FRX Innovations (FRW Polymers), has started supplying PIN FR for use in interiors by a leading German car manufacturer. The application, developed in partnership with Xianzhong, a leading Chinese polyurethane foam manufacturer, follows an extensive...
US environmental health NGO “The Ecology Center” (Michigan) has published analysis of 600 components (fabric, foam, structural plastics) from 25 car seats (3 from the EU, 22 from the USA). Over 30% of seats showed bromine content (presumed to be FR), over 20% fluorine...
Some fifty different FRs were analysed in settled dust from a total of 18 informal e-waste and end-of-life vehicle processing workshops in Vietnam. FR levels were much higher for e-waste than vehicles. For e-waste, brominated FR levels showed 79 000 µg/kg,...
