• California board hears comments on furniture FR rule

  Furniture Today Staff, March 27, 2013
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation held a hearing on Wednesday marking the end of a six-week public comment period on the state's proposed new upholstered furniture flammability standard.  More

• CFMA to host talk on proposed California flammability rules

  Heath E. Combs, March 20, 2013
  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Tonya Blood, chief of the Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation, will speak here Friday to members and guests of the California Furniture Manufacturers Assn. on the state's proposed new upholstered furniture flammability standard.  More

• Speak up now on FR

  Heath E. Combs, March 6, 2013
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Furniture makers should speak up now if they have concerns with California's new upholstered flammability rule, a top California official told an industry audience here last week.  More

• Vermont bill aims to ban furniture containing FR chemical

  Heath E. Combs, February 26, 2013
  MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont lawmakers are considering a bill that could ban the sale of furniture containing the flame retardant chemical chlorinated tris, or TDCPP.  More

• Speak up now on FR rule, California official urges

  Heath E. Combs, February 25, 2013
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Furniture makers should speak up now if they have concerns with California's new upholstered flammability rule, a top California official told an industry audience here last week.  More

• New York may consider furniture flammability rule

  Heath E. Combs, February 21, 2013
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — California may not be the only state considering a new flammability regulation for furniture.  More

• UPDATE: New California FR rule compliance date would be mid-2014

  Jay McIntosh & Heath E. Combs, February 11, 2013
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's new proposed upholstered furniture flammability rule could give furniture manufacturers until mid-2014 to meet its requirements.  More

• California FR update: Insulation deemed dangerous too

  Furniture Today Staff, February 4, 2013
  SAN FRANCISCO — California Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner plans to introduce legislation to reduce flame retardants in foam insulation in the state, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.  More

• California officials to speak at AHFA Sustainability Summit

  Furniture Today Staff, January 14, 2013
  HIGH POINT — The California official heading revisions to that state's longtime flammability regulation and the scientist whose research prompted the urgent regulatory overhaul will both participate in the American Home Furnishings Alliance's 2013 Sustainability Summit.  More

• Two mattress lines recalled for failing to meet flammability standards

  Furniture Today Staff, December 14, 2012
  WASHINGTON — Two lines of mattresses, one a foam core product imported from China and the other a rebuilt line, have been recalled because they fail to meet federal flammability standards, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.  More

• Studies probe links between furniture, toxic FR chemicals

  Heath E. Combs, November 30, 2012
  HIGH POINT — Two studies released this week begin to provide answers to longstanding questions about how widespread some toxic flame retardants are in homes.  More

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