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Independent Study Finds Flaws in One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Flame RetardantsPainting all chemicals that share some generic trait with a broad brush makes bad policy that can prevent consumers from accessing important, safe and beneficial products that they need.
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News May 15, 2019 NASEM Report Confirms Organohalogen Flame Retardants Cannot Be Assessed for Hazards as a Single Class Flame retardants play an important role in reducing fire risk and helping ensure overall product safety.
News May 07, 2019 Georgia Becomes 3rd State to Pass Firefighting Foam Legislation By passing this important bill, Georgia’s elected officials are taking a responsible approach to ensuring continued access to these essential firefighting tools.
News Feb 22, 2019 Bipartisan Firefighting Foam Bill Passes VA Legislature Support from firefighters, environmental and industry groups.
News Sep 28, 2017 CPSC Issues Misguidance on Flame Retardant Category CPSC Recommendations Could Undermine Fire Safety
News Sep 20, 2017 North American Flame Retardant Alliance Expresses Extreme Disappointment in CPSC Vote We are disappointed in today’s vote by three of the commissioners at CPSC to take action on a broad and overreaching petition.
Infographics and Fact Sheets Apr 05, 2017 Question and Answer: Smoke and Toxicity Learn more about toxicity risk in fires.
News Aug 14, 2015 NAFRA Responds to EPAs Preliminary Work Plan Reviews on Certain Flame Retardants Given the important role flame retardants play in fire safety, we were pleased to see that the EPA is seeking public comment on its proposed approach to evaluating these chemicals and is seeking more information to inform its evaluation.
News Dec 01, 2014 Rebuilding Together and NAFRA Partner to Launch Celebrate Safely Campaign to Improve Holiday Fire Safety Campaign offers five tips to families on protecting their homes from fire during the holidays.
News Sep 30, 2014 NAFRA: New Law Does Not Inform Consumers About Lack of Critical Fire Protections California Gov. Jerry Brown today signed into law a new furniture labeling bill that fails to provide essential fire-safety information to consumers.
News Sep 14, 2014 NAFRA Issues Statement on Plan by Senator Charles Schumer to Limit Use of Flame Retardants Flame retardants have been scientifically proven to help stop or slow the spread of fire, and they help save lives.
News Aug 28, 2014 NAFRA on SB 1019: Bill Does Not Inform Consumers About Lack of Critical Fire Protections SB 1019 does California consumers a great disservice.
News Jun 17, 2014 NAFRA Urges Kaiser Permanente to Reverse Decision that Reduces Fire Safety in Health Care Facilities Kaiser decision to stop purchasing furniture with flame retardants based on products no longer on market.
News Jun 03, 2014 NAFRA Responds to Kaiser Permanente Decision on Flame Retardants Industry group says fire safety could be compromised.
News Nov 21, 2013 NAFRA: California Removes Important Layer of Fire Protection By Lowering Fire Safety Standards State officials are lowering fire standards and removing an important layer of fire protection that has benefitted Californians for more than 35 years.
News Oct 29, 2013 NAFRA: TBBPA Study Not Representative of Human Exposure Reviews of the available information in Canada and the European Union indicate that the vast majority of TBBPA use results in low or no potential for human eposure.
