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  • Fire retardant ban rose from the ashes

    After being dismissed in California's legislation floor last year, the bill AB 706 was again revived although slightly amended in August 4 by its sponsor, Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco). This time, AB 706 does not outrightly proposed a ban on brominated (BFRs) and chlorinated fire retardants...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-18-2008

  • TV news inflames fire retardant fears

    Last night's evening news on CBS reported the concerns on human exposures to brominated flame retardants especially the chemical Deca, a polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) produced in the US. Deca is also a focus of attention in Europe although a recent study from the European Union indicated...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-20-2008

  • Swedes douse off flame retardant ban

    On a hot seat from the European Union's legal challenge, the Swedish government decided on May 8 to lift its ban on the use of Deca-BDE flame retardant in textiles, furnitures and some electronic cables. According to the European Brominated Flame Retardant Industry Panel (EBFRIP) , the ban imposed...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-15-2008

  • EPA probes scientist dismissal

    An interesting article from the Royal Society of Chemistry reported an ongoing internal investigation by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the dismissal of one of its scientist Deborah Rice. Rice was accused of bias by the American Chemistry Council and urged the agency of her dismissal...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-22-2008
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