There is not an authorised list of flame-retardant chemicals used in consumer goods.
Many inflammable materials are used in factories and even the flame-retardant version of foamed polyether is not free of fire risk.
I am connected with a company which manufactures flame-retardant chemicals.
It is also currently working, inter alia, on a minimum standard specification for police riot helmets, and on a project on flame-retardant overalls.
The company provides hi-tech research and development and advice in fire protection and flame-retardant materials.
That test shows that flame-retardant coverings are crucial.
Better management of the end of life of flame-retardant goods, such as computers, televisions and other electrical equipment, might reduce the accumulation of flame retardants in the environment.
Around the world, disasters on mass transport, and in hotels, cinemas and nightclubs, have demonstrated the desperate need for textiles and other building materials to be flame-retardant.
