From the more than 70 posters presented at FRPM 2019, the scientific committee designated three prizewinners, summarised below: 1st prize: Marija Čolović et al., National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia (P47) 2nd prize: Weronika Tabaka et al., BAM, Germany (P35) 3rd...
Pinfa asked the poster prizewinners at FRPM to express their vision of challenges for fire safety and for flame retardants for tomorrow. Weronika Tabaka Interest in environmental protection will push demand for recycled and bio-based flame retardants but also to...
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on Horizon Europe, closing 8th September 2019, including inviting comments on the proposed “Orientations” document which will define the content of Horizon Europe (thematic funding, Missions, Partnerships …)....
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published, for public comment to 27th September 2019, a proposal to ban the manufacture, import, processing or sale of products to which DecaBDE and of PIP (phenol isoporopylated phosphate 3:1) have been added, with the...
The European Food Safety Agency has opened a public consultation to 17th September 2019 on risks to human and animal health from chlorinated paraffin contamination in food and feed. This concerns short chain chlorinated paraffins SCCPs, medium chain MCCPs and long...
