Brominated
Flame Retardants
Legislation:
European
National Policies on BFRs
California
BFR Ban (bill text)
Maine
BFR Ban (bill text)
The
following states have enacted legislation banning the
use of PentaBDE and OctaBDE at levels in excess of 0.1%:
California** effective January 1, 2006
Hawaii effective January 1, 2006
Illinois* effective December 31, 2005
Maine** effective January 1, 2006
Maryland** effective October 1, 2008
Michigan effective June 1, 2006
New York** effective January 1, 2006
Notes:
* Illinois will also ban DecaBDE as of December 31,2007.
** California, Maine, Maryland, and New York are investigating
the possibility of banning DecaBDE.
The following states have proposed but not yet enacted
bills to ban the use of pentaBDE and octaBDE:
Connecticut***, Montana, Washington**, Minnesota**,
Oregon***
Notes:
** Minnesota and Washington have in addition proposed
banning decaBDE as part of this legislation.
*** Connecticut and Oregon are investigating the possibility
of banning decaBDE. (Note: This information was supplied
courtesy of the Consumer Products Services Division
of Bureau Veritas)
Corporate
Policy:
Apple
Ikea
Fact
Sheets:
Flame Retardants: Alarming Increases
in Humans and the Environment (2005) http://www.noharm.org/details.cfm?ID=1098&type=document
Toxic Flame Retardants: An Emerging
Public Health Threat (2004) http://www.environmentalobservatory.org/library.cfm?refID=37412
Reports:
Body
of Evidence: New Science in the Debate Over Toxic Flame
Retardants and Our Health (2004) http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/envirocaliftoxics.asp?id2=12239
Body of Evidence II: Latest Science on the Dangers of
Deca-BDE in Consumer Products (2005) http://illinoispirg.org/IL.asp?id2=19439
Brominated
Flame Retardants (a report on decaPBDEs to the Maine
State Legislature) (2005) www.state.me.us/dep/rwm/publications/
legislativereports/finalreport.doc
Brominated
Flame Retardants: Rising Levels of Concern (2005) http://www.noharm.org/details.cfm?ID=1095&type=document
Playing
With Fire: The Growing Threat Presented by Brominated
Flame Retardants Justifies Urgent Substitution (2003)
http://www.greenpeace.to/publications_pdf/playing_with_fire.pdf
Additional Resources:
Safer
Products Campaign
