Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > A new consensus on reconciling fire safety with...

Research

Links

Text available via DOI:

Keywords

View graph of relations

A new consensus on reconciling fire safety with environmental & health impacts of chemical flame retardants

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Published

Standard

A new consensus on reconciling fire safety with environmental & health impacts of chemical flame retardants. / Page, Jamie; Whaley, Paul; Bellingham, Michelle et al.
In: Environment international, Vol. 173, 107782, 31.03.2023.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Harvard

Page, J, Whaley, P, Bellingham, M, Birnbaum, LS, Cavoski, A, Fetherston Dilke, D, Garside, R, Harrad, S, Kelly, F, Kortenkamp, A, Martin, O, Stec, A & Woolley, T 2023, 'A new consensus on reconciling fire safety with environmental & health impacts of chemical flame retardants', Environment international, vol. 173, 107782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.107782

APA

Page, J., Whaley, P., Bellingham, M., Birnbaum, L. S., Cavoski, A., Fetherston Dilke, D., Garside, R., Harrad, S., Kelly, F., Kortenkamp, A., Martin, O., Stec, A., & Woolley, T. (2023). A new consensus on reconciling fire safety with environmental & health impacts of chemical flame retardants. Environment international, 173, Article 107782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.107782

Vancouver

Page J, Whaley P, Bellingham M, Birnbaum LS, Cavoski A, Fetherston Dilke D et al. A new consensus on reconciling fire safety with environmental & health impacts of chemical flame retardants. Environment international. 2023 Mar 31;173:107782. Epub 2023 Feb 23. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107782

Author

Page, Jamie ; Whaley, Paul ; Bellingham, Michelle et al. / A new consensus on reconciling fire safety with environmental & health impacts of chemical flame retardants. In: Environment international. 2023 ; Vol. 173.

Bibtex

@article{e3d1c34c2be14a719344938b1c2b6125,
title = "A new consensus on reconciling fire safety with environmental & health impacts of chemical flame retardants",
abstract = "Flame retardants are chemical substances that are intended to mitigate fire safety risks posed by a range of goods including furniture, electronics, and building insulation. There are growing concerns about their effectiveness in ensuring fire safety and the potential harms they pose to human health and the environment. In response to these concerns, on 13 June 2022, a roundtable of experts was convened by the UKRI Six Clean Air Strategic Priorities Fund programme 7. The meeting produced a Consensus Statement that summarises the issues around the use of flame retardants, laying out a series of policy recommendations that should lead to more effective fire safety measures and reduce the human and environmental health risks posed by these potentially toxic chemicals. [Abstract copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.]",
keywords = "Upholstery, Furniture, Regulation, Fire safety, Policy, Flame retardants",
author = "Jamie Page and Paul Whaley and Michelle Bellingham and Birnbaum, {Linda S} and Aleksandra Cavoski and {Fetherston Dilke}, Delyth and Ruth Garside and Stuart Harrad and Frank Kelly and Andreas Kortenkamp and Olwenn Martin and Anna Stec and Tom Woolley",
year = "2023",
month = mar,
day = "31",
doi = "10.1016/j.envint.2023.107782",
language = "English",
volume = "173",
journal = "Environment international",
issn = "0160-4120",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - A new consensus on reconciling fire safety with environmental & health impacts of chemical flame retardants

AU - Page, Jamie

AU - Whaley, Paul

AU - Bellingham, Michelle

AU - Birnbaum, Linda S

AU - Cavoski, Aleksandra

AU - Fetherston Dilke, Delyth

AU - Garside, Ruth

AU - Harrad, Stuart

AU - Kelly, Frank

AU - Kortenkamp, Andreas

AU - Martin, Olwenn

AU - Stec, Anna

AU - Woolley, Tom

PY - 2023/3/31

Y1 - 2023/3/31

N2 - Flame retardants are chemical substances that are intended to mitigate fire safety risks posed by a range of goods including furniture, electronics, and building insulation. There are growing concerns about their effectiveness in ensuring fire safety and the potential harms they pose to human health and the environment. In response to these concerns, on 13 June 2022, a roundtable of experts was convened by the UKRI Six Clean Air Strategic Priorities Fund programme 7. The meeting produced a Consensus Statement that summarises the issues around the use of flame retardants, laying out a series of policy recommendations that should lead to more effective fire safety measures and reduce the human and environmental health risks posed by these potentially toxic chemicals. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.]

AB - Flame retardants are chemical substances that are intended to mitigate fire safety risks posed by a range of goods including furniture, electronics, and building insulation. There are growing concerns about their effectiveness in ensuring fire safety and the potential harms they pose to human health and the environment. In response to these concerns, on 13 June 2022, a roundtable of experts was convened by the UKRI Six Clean Air Strategic Priorities Fund programme 7. The meeting produced a Consensus Statement that summarises the issues around the use of flame retardants, laying out a series of policy recommendations that should lead to more effective fire safety measures and reduce the human and environmental health risks posed by these potentially toxic chemicals. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.]

KW - Upholstery

KW - Furniture

KW - Regulation

KW - Fire safety

KW - Policy

KW - Flame retardants

U2 - 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107782

DO - 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107782

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 36858883

VL - 173

JO - Environment international

JF - Environment international

SN - 0160-4120

M1 - 107782

ER -