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Kolesar

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1. urethane foam has several times as many brominated flame retardants than needed

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 07:43 AM

Mar 2017

My old company had to quit putting those compounds into hard plastics that we sold in Europe. Bromine has health problems whether it is on fire or not.

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urethane foam has several times as many brominated flame retardants than needed Kolesar Mar 2017 #1