by Owen Collins | Apr 29, 2019 | Around the Industry
A group of Non-Government Organisations are pressurising the European Commission to withdraw its registration for the recycling of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants. The European Union recently set new limits of 500mg/kg for cumulative totals of all BDEs,...
by stefanie | Apr 5, 2019 | Around the Industry
A 104-page draft of a risk assessment report has been unveiled by Australia’s national chemicals agency, Nicnas, regarding the importing, usage and effects of flame retardant chemical DecaBDE. As Chemical Watch reports, DecaBDE is currently listed as a priority...
by Owen Collins | Mar 21, 2019 | World Focus
The island nation’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added the brominated flame retardant to its Toxic Chemicals Substance list, after initially proposing the addition in November. According to Chemical Watch, DecaBDE, which has been found in the casings of...
by Owen Collins | Mar 7, 2019 | World Focus
A range of NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations) have complained that the new concentration limit for toxic flame retardants such as DecaBDE is still too high, calling it a “permission slip to contaminate.” Only last month, the European Council reached a provisional...
by Owen Collins | Feb 20, 2019 | World Focus
The European Union has unveiled a new provisional agreement to toughen rules on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), which it terms “the most lasting and polluting chemicals.” The Romanian presidency of the European Council reached a provisional agreement with the...
