Aug 29, 2018Zack KaldveerChemical Industry, Children's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations
Proposed legislation covers mattresses, children’s products and upholstered furnitureBy Kelly Franklin, Chemical WatchCalifornia’s legislature is poised to approve a bill restricting the use of most flame retardants in mattresses, upholstered furniture and...
Aug 11, 2018Zack KaldveerChemical Industry, Children's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations
By Susan Inglis, Sustainable Furnishings CouncilYour upholstered furniture, bedding and children’s products could be full of toxic flame retardants. Tian2992/Flickr.comCalifornia is rightly celebrated for its legacy of effectively balancing landmark public...
Jul 15, 2016Ruben DiazChemical Industry, Children's Health, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 2016 Contact: Kathryn Alcantar, 415-694-9596 Test results support the need for new California proposal to regulate flame retardants in nap mats Oakland, CA-As California today announced a proposal to regulate certain flame retardants in...
May 18, 2015Ruben DiazChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Flame Retardants
Michael Green 05/18/2015 Grant Gillham is a victim. For five years, companies that make toxic flame retardant chemicals told Grant that they had hard science to show that their products save lives. Without flame retardants in all of our furniture, they’d say,...
Dec 16, 2014Ruben DiazUncategorized
Jan Lee | Tuesday December 16th, 2014 The debate over chemical flame retardants seems to be heating up. The Center for Environmental Health, which helped encourage a rewrite of California’s regulations regarding safety standards in furniture manufacturing, announced...
Sep 19, 2014Charles MargulisUncategorized
CEH supports Senator Charles Schumer’s proposal for the first-ever federal rule banning certain harmful flame retardants. See our staff describe flame retardant dangers.
Sep 15, 2014Ansje MillerUncategorized
Yesterday I attended a historic event: New York Senator Charles E. Schumer announced he is introducing the first-ever federal legislation to ban dangerous flame retardant chemicals from furniture and products for infants and children. I was pleased to speak in support...
Aug 27, 2014Charles MargulisUncategorized
See the list of office furniture companies transitioning to products without flame retardants. See a list of children’s products and furniture companies and a list of baby product companies transitioning to products made without flame retardants. August 27, 2014...
Jul 22, 2014Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, Flame Retardants
A guest post from CEH fan and new dad Eric Wright When we found out we were getting ready to have a baby we had very little knowledge of baby products. The only thing we knew was to go to Babies R’ Us or Buy Buy Baby and buy what looked good. Once there we...