by pinfa-editor | 9 Feb, 2022
Kazuo Ninomiya, Asahi Kasei, panellist for pinfa, noted that new regulations on battery fire safety are needed to drive development and deployment of high fire performance materials. PIN flame retardant suppliers will work actively with materials suppliers and...
by pinfa-editor | 28 May, 2021
EU (JRC) report on PV notes the need for fire safety of cables and panel backings and the availability of acceptable PIN FRs. The European Commission (JRC) preparatory report on possible Ecolabel and/or Green Public Purchasing criteria for photovoltaics notes that...
by pinfa-editor | 8 Mar, 2023
A paper from China presents data on eight nitrogen compounds in human urine (301 samples from 13 Chinese cities): cyanuric acid, melamine, ammelide, ammeline, benzoguanamine, 2,4,6-trimethoxy-1,3,5-triazine, 2,4-diamino-6-(4-methylphenyl) – 1,3,5-triazine,...
by pinfa-editor | 29 Nov, 2023
Levels of brominated flame retardants in end-of-life electronics are slowly falling, but may hinder recycling and increase costs. Study by DSS+, funded by the bromine industry, notes that Europe generates 2.6 million t/y (2021) of WEEE (waste electrical and electronic...
by pinfa-editor | 8 Sep, 2023
EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability – Martijn Beekman, European Commission, DG GROW Despite forty years of chemicals regulations in Europe, today sees high levels of citizen concern about chemical impacts on health and on the environment and scientific...
