by pinfa-editor | 14 Dec, 2023
pinfa infographic explains that FRs are safety assessed and that risk is low because they are embedded in materials. One-page infographic summarises chemical safety assessment, regulatory validation and exposure assessment. Flame retardants are needed to prevent fires...
by pinfa-editor | 14 Dec, 2023
Twenty pinfa member companies met to discuss the green transition, regulatory developments and actions worldwide. pinfa’s General Assembly was fixed in Berlin to coincide with the AMI Flame Retardants in Plastics Conference 2023, with online participation of pina...
by pinfa-editor | 11 Jun, 2020
The US National Fire Protection Association says one in eleven upholstered furniture fires leads to a death, and that the death rates per furniture fire has nearly doubled since the 1980’s. Death rates for fires starting in mattresses or bedding show a similar...
by pinfa-editor | 17 Apr, 2024
Webinar on 1963 Fitchville nursing home fire shows that fire safety improvements are slow and often inadequate. The webinar, by Eric Ebinger, author, historian and HR and EH&S manager, explained how 63 residents tragically died in the Golden Age Nursing Home fire,...
by pinfa-editor | 2 Mar, 2021
New phosphorus-based PIN FRs developed by DTNW for textiles show wash resistance. Cyclophosphazenes and their derivatives (CPZs) are heterocycle 6-atom rings with alternating P and N atoms with six attached reactive groups. They are versatile chemical building blocks...
