by pinfa-editor | 27 Jul, 2021
New York State “Family and fire fighter protection act” bans intentionally added “halogenated, organophosphorus, organonitrogen or nanoscale chemical” flame retardants and FR synergists in upholstered furniture, mattresses, (enclosure and stand of) electronic...
by pinfa-editor | 31 Jan, 2022
The 15th Report on Carcinogens of the US Department of Health and Human Services adds antimony trioxide, as one of eight further substances to the 248 already known or anticipated to cause cancer. The published report on ATO indicates that in addition to occupational...
by pinfa-editor | 2 Mar, 2021
One child died in a house fire probably started by an overheating cell phone igniting a couch in North Carolina. Another child and the mother were injured. The fire occurred early in the morning and extensively damaged the house, which did not have smoke detectors....
by pinfa-editor | 17 Oct, 2022
by pinfa-editor | 11 Jun, 2020
The original 2010 production of SRM 1196 testing cigarettes lasted less long than expected because of increasing demand for fire testing. NIST, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology, has produced a new supply of the testing cigarette (1196a), designed...
