BSEF, the International Bromine Council, notes analytical results by Canadian researchers highlighting potential exposures to flame retardants from mobile phones. However, exposure data alone without risk assessment provides an incomplete picture. BSEF, the International Bromine Council, represents the interests of major global producers of bromine and...
29 April 2020 Background On the 15th of April 2020 the “Alliance for Flame Retardant Free Furniture”, issued a position paper[1] on the Circular Economy and Furniture under the title “Unwanted toxic flame retardants preventing circularity and increasing fire toxicity”. The Alliance declares that flame retardants are...
21st April 2020 Lilian Salim, President of the Brazilian Flame retardant association (Abichama) was interviewed by the Fire Magazine in Brazil and reinforces the importance of using flame retardant materials in order to increase fire safety on cinemas and theatres. The article concerns the importance of...
20 April 2020 Modern upholstered furniture represents a significant fuel load in homes and apartments across Europe. In Europe, upholstered furniture fire safety standards are nationally defined and lead to very different safety levels between countries. Flame retardants are used in foams and fabrics to meet the...
On the 21st of November 2019, as part of European Fire Safety Week, stakeholders gathered to hear a range of experts discuss furniture fire safety. The presenters included fire scientist, fire services and representatives of the retail industry. The audience included a large range of...
6th November, Seoul – South Korea For the third consecutive year, BSEF, The International Bromine Council, organised its Asia Forum. After the successful editions in China and Japan, the 2019 edition entitled “Circular Economy, Chemicals Policy and the Electrical & Electronics Sector” brought together multiple Asian stakeholders and experts...
BSEF – The International Bromine Council, notes the recent coverage by Bloomberg BusinessWeek “The Woman Who Got Bromine Out of Kids’ Pajamas Fears It’s Coming” from the 28nd of August of 2019[1] and the same article published on the 2nd of September of 2019 entitled...
For another year ABICHAMA was one of the sponsors of the International Seminar on Passive Protection, the SIPP, which took place on August 14 and 15, in São Paulo, Brazil. The event is the result of a partnership between the Brazilian Association of Passive Fire...
BSEF Press Statement - 25 April 2019 A new paper by Koch et al. entitled “Degradation of brominated polymeric flame retardants and effects of generated decomposition products”[1] has recently been published in the journal Chemosphere. The same authors published earlier this year two papers on the...
BSEF notes the recent publication titled “Ecotoxicological characterization of possible degradation products of the polymeric flame retardant “Polymeric FR” using algae and Daphnia OECD tests” by C. Koch and B. Sures[1]. In an earlier study, Koch et al subjected Polymeric FR to a series of degradation...