“”” Flame retardants were widely adopted in the 1970s, when in-home smoking was more prevalent and electronics frequently overheated. New research, however, shows that flame retardants are not very effective at slowing or preventing fires. “””
Is that supposed to prove something? That site is all fluff.
I am not here defending flame retardants, I absolutely believe they don't provide a net positive to the population. Your lack of information and hyperbole is what I am after. These were not "scams". Your SF website does a good job of leaving out California’s TB117 which is one of the pivotal laws that created widespread adoption of retardants in items. There were also some prior Federal laws but TB117 is seen as one of pivotal ones.
Now, I don't know the history behind the chemical manufacturers and if they were behind the fear mongering but there absolutely were tragic cases that moved the nation to implement these laws. It was not just a "scam" that gets added to everything.
I think they could be called a scam. Having flame retardent in our bedding by law, all so smokers could smoke in bed safely, feels like some sort of regulatory capture to me.
They should make flame-retardent bedware and non-flame-retwrdent bedware, and should be legally obligated to disclose every flame-retarded chemical and daily expected daily exposure levels on the tags and box.
infecto|1 year ago
I am not here defending flame retardants, I absolutely believe they don't provide a net positive to the population. Your lack of information and hyperbole is what I am after. These were not "scams". Your SF website does a good job of leaving out California’s TB117 which is one of the pivotal laws that created widespread adoption of retardants in items. There were also some prior Federal laws but TB117 is seen as one of pivotal ones.
Now, I don't know the history behind the chemical manufacturers and if they were behind the fear mongering but there absolutely were tragic cases that moved the nation to implement these laws. It was not just a "scam" that gets added to everything.
zug_zug|1 year ago
They should make flame-retardent bedware and non-flame-retwrdent bedware, and should be legally obligated to disclose every flame-retarded chemical and daily expected daily exposure levels on the tags and box.