Flame retardants

Samsung investigates DecaBDE in US TV set

January 18, 2019

The electronics manufacturer is investigating how the flame retardant, DecaBDE, came to be found in one of its television sets sold in the USA. As Chemical Watch explains, DecaBDE is a restricted substance in the EU and is also banned across 5 states in the US due to fears surrounding its “persistence, bioaccumulation and effects […]