by pinfa-editor | 7 Mar, 2022
To 25th March, Canada, consultation on information and labelling on chemicals in products, including FRs in furniture. Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Action, this Canada Government consultation aims to define actions to enhance transparency throughout the...
by pinfa-editor | 10 Jan, 2022
One third of UK underwriters are willing to cover fire safety risks in building works to replace defective cladding, and nearly all of the remaining two thirds offer only partial coverage. Three quarters considered that the UK construction industry has not yet learnt...
by pinfa-editor | 7 Mar, 2022
To 14th March 2022. Questions whether RoHS Directive should be maintained, updated, tightened, repealed or replaced. The current RoHS Directive (Restriction of Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic (E&E) equipment, 2011/65/CE) restricts some heavy...
by pinfa-editor | 14 Sep, 2023
The “Fremantle Highway” car transport ship fire is raising questions about electric vehicle (EV) transport safety. The ship, chartered by K Line Japan, owned by Shoei Kison Japan, registered in Panama, with an Indian crew of 21, caught fire off the Netherlands island...
by pinfa-editor | 11 May, 2020
Fire treatment of wood is moving towards PIN FR solutions, with challenges being effects on mechanical properties, FR leaching and water uptake. This short overview paper, intended for the Wood a Fire Safety Conference 2020 (Slovakia, postponed to 1-4 November 2020)...
