The Safety Of Flame Retardants Needs Attention

(1) Conduct comprehensive toxicity assessment of flame retardants suspected to be harmful to human health and the environment, and strictly control their production, use and production. Once it is confirmed that it is not suitable for use, the production and sale will be stopped. For example, tri (dibromopropyl) phosphate ester used to be a widely used and very effective flame retardant, but it was found to be carcinogenic and has been banned in many countries. The flame retardants pentabromodiphenyl ether and octabromodiphenyl ether, which have been assessed as toxic, have also been banned recently.
② For newly developed flame retardant products, related to their impact on human health, safety and environment, more comprehensive research and evaluation. To provide detailed information on the above aspects to ensure the safety of production and use.
③ On the one hand, people are trying to improve and improve the safety level of the existing flame retardant and flame retardant materials, on the other hand, are committed to the development of new environmental protection flame retardant (such as halogen-free flame retardant), and are gradually promoting their use (such as the current global halogen-free flame retardant polypropylene has reached about 20% of the total flame retardant polypropylene). It is believed that the development of new flame retardants will enable the use of flame retardant materials to both reduce the hazard of fires and minimize their impact on the environment.