Flame retardants in our environment

Flame retardant-protected products in daily use

The increasing use of plastics in application areas that have special demands for flame protection provides a wide arena for their use. The smallest spark (cigarette, match, candle) can cause a fire in minutes. A sofa can go up in flames in just 5 minutes. The poisonous fumes and the heat in the room are life threatening. We can find flame-protected products in the most varied of areas:

  • Buildings (insulation material, water pipes, facade facings)
  • Upholstered furniture
  • Electronics (monitor housings, cables, plugs, fuse boxes, circuit boards)
  • Automotive (seats, roof liners, sun shades)
  • Airplanes/trains (seats, textiles/carpets, interior cladding, drive heads)

01.07.2010EPA Project: Flame Retardants in Printed Circuit Boards Partnership
Circuit boards are commonly found in electronics in consumer and indus... more...

10.06.2010Flame retardant substitution activities in electrical and electronic equipment: RoHS, (EU impact assessment) and stakeholder positions
RoHS recast: Members of European Parliament find compromise on halogen... more...

20.05.2010Transport fire safety engineering in the European Union (TRANSFEU)
In the frame of the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme F... more...

15.04.2010EPEAT - an American ecolabel system for IT equipment - discussion on restriction of halogenated flame retardants
In 2007, an Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) f... more...

11.03.2010Biopolymers: Polylactic acid and flame retardancy
Biopolymers have gained much attention, because they are based on "ren... more...

04.02.2010Processing and Upscaling of Fire-Resistant Nano-Filled Thermosetting Polyester Resin
In the frame of the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme F... more...