Flame Retardant Dilemma: Do flame retardants save lives?

Date & Time: 
Friday, February 10, 2012 - 08:30 - 16:00
Location: 
150 University Hall, UC Berkeley, 2199 Addison Street, Berkeley

Arlene Blum, Visiting Scholar, Chemistry, UC Berkeley, Green Science Policy (GSP),
Halogenated Flame Retardants: A Global Concern

Myrto Petreas, Chief, Environmental Chemistry Branch, California Department of Toxic Substances Control
BFRs, CFRs, PFRs: Where are We with the Toxic Alphabet Soup?

Vyto Babrauskas, Fire Science & Technology Inc.
Halogenated flame retardants in products: Fire performance and environmental consequences

Matthew Vinci, President, Professional Fire Fighters of Vermont
Banning Harmful Flame Retardants

Debbie Raphael, Director, California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control
Progress on Safer Consumer Product Regulations & Green Chemistry

Dave Panning, BIFMA International
Business Furniture Industry Manufacturers Perspectives

Phil Brown and Alissa Cordner, Sociology & Environmental Studies, Brown University
Scientific, Social, and Political Moments of Uncertainty in Flame Retardant Regulation