by pinfa-editor | 9 Feb, 2022
This Special Issue of the pinfa Newsletter summarises the 16th Fire Resistance in Plastics Conference 2021 (AMI FRiP) and the European Fire Safety Week hybrid event “New fire challenges of green energy in buildings” co-organised within this Conference by pinfa....
by pinfa-editor | 30 Apr, 2021
Report to EU underlines fire safety problems of lithium ion batteries, incidents in uses from electronics to airplanes. A summary report by Efectis for the European Commission’s Fire Information Exchange Platform summarises fire risks of lithium ion batteries in...
by pinfa-editor | 29 Nov, 2023
pinfa’s Q&A explains implications for melamine-based flame retardants and for use of melamine itself for fire safety. Melamine has been identified as SVHC under REACH and Carc. 2, H351 and STOT RE 2, H373 under CLP. In melamine-based FRs*, melamine is chemically...
by pinfa-editor | 26 Oct, 2023
Public consultation on recast of UK’s 1988 Furniture Fire Safety Regulations open to 24th October 2023. The consultation includes a draft regulatory text “to illustrate the approach”. UK public consultation on recast of the 1988 Furniture Fire Safety Regulations, open...
by pinfa-editor | 29 Nov, 2023
pinfa’s Q&A (8 pages) provides detailed information for users on regulatory impacts of the EU’s CSS on PIN flame retardants, including REACH, CPL, Assessment of Regulatory Needs and the ECHA Flame Retardant Strategy, “Grouping” of FRs, Regrettable Substitution,...
