UK Furniture Fire Safety Regulations debate

UK Furniture Fire Safety Regulations debate

UK Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) attacks fire safety regulations, flame retardants and Standards Institution. The EAC is a committee of the UK Parliament. Following the public consultation on revision of the UK Furniture Fire Safety Regulations (see pinfa...
EU public consultation: Toy Safety Directive

EU public consultation: Toy Safety Directive

To 25th May 2022. Should rules on chemicals in toys should be stricter? Which chemicals should be targeted or banned? The consultation questionnaire, open to the public and to stakeholders, asks whether rules on chemicals in toys should be made stricter, what types of...
EU consultation Zero Pollution Ambition

EU consultation Zero Pollution Ambition

Input is invited to 10th February for the EU Zero Pollution Action Plan for air, water and soil, to be adopted in 2021. The Commission’s ‘Roadmap’ outlines as key orientations to: strengthen implementation and enforcement, improve the regulatory “acquis” on health and...
pinfa-NA explainer video – FR chemicals

pinfa-NA explainer video – FR chemicals

6th 3-minute education video addresses the questions of health and environmental concerns and regulation of FRs. The video explains that regulators worldwide assess the risk of chemicals used in plastics, based on hazard and exposure. A small number of flame...
Solutions for new transport fire challenges

Solutions for new transport fire challenges

pinfa has published a 50-page brochure detailing FR applications for materials in tomorrow’s transport vehicles: airplanes, ships, trains, buses, and cars. Designers, manufacturers and transport operators increasingly rely on flammable materials to reduce weight...