8th July 2021 China Campus Essay Call on Science-based Understanding of Flame Retardants was launched in November 2020 and concluded in May2021 and its organized by The China Association of Flame Retardant Materials (CAFRM), China Flame Retardant Society (CFRS) and International Bromine...
06 July 2021 BSEF categorically rejects the facile suggestion of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) that all brominated flame retardants be listed as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). The suggestion has no regulatory basis and lacks any credible science to support it. About Brominated Flame Retardants Brominated...
Terneuzen, the Netherlands — 16 June 2021— In a milestone for plastics recycling in Europe, a new recycling plant for expanded polystyrene (EPS) demolition waste opened today in Terneuzen, the Netherlands in the presence of the local mayor and industry representatives. EPS is a lightweight foam...
The EU Green Week 2021 will take place from the 1st till the 4th of June and will count with various additional partner events in Europe during the month. This year’s edition will be dedicated to the ‘zero pollution ambition’. It will also look at other...
25 May 2021 Background On April 14 2021, the study ‘Assessing Indoor Dust Interference with Human Nuclear Hormone Receptors in Cell-Based Luciferase Reporter Assays[1]’ was published in Environmental Health Perspectives by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Researchers collected dust samples from 46 rooms at...
The International Bromine Council (BSEF) launched new educational tool entitled ‘Flame retardants: Preventing fires and protecting people’”, which aims to raise awareness about the origins, applications and importance of flame retardants in our everyday lives. Fire retardancy is an essential component of modern building and product...
16 February 2021 The European Commission published the final report on the study to support the review of the list of restricted substances and to assess a new exemption request under RoHS 2 (also known as Pack 15) on 11 February 2021. The report includes assessment,...
BSEF is looking to recruit a full time senior regulatory affairs and advocacy manager to contribute to its global regulatory and public policy engagement related to bromine and bromine-based technologies. The successful candidate will join the BSEF team in Brussels and will take the lead...
Friday, 14 of June 2019 Since 2016, BSEF, the International Bromine Council, has been working to promote bromine and its applications in India by engaging with key stakeholders. Taking this a step forward, in 2019, BSEF, working with Avalon Consulting, BSEF’s India consulting partners, has collaborated...
Tuesday, 28 May 2019 - BSEF welcomes the report “Contaminants in Europe's seas moving towards a clean, non-toxic marine environment”[1] by the European Environment Agency. The report aims to “map contamination 'problem areas' and 'non-problem areas' at the scale of Europe's seas, while also exploring...