Consumer Choice Fire Safety Act

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2011-02-14 13:47

Mark Leno introduced the Consumer Choice Fire Safety Act February 1, 2011. This Senate bill, SB147, calls for the development of an alternative furniture flammability standard that will increase fire safety and can be met without flame retardant chemicals.

Vyto Babrauskas, a distinguished fire safety engineer, spoke about the lack of fire safety benefit of the current standard TB117, based on both his own experience leading a research group at the National Institute for Standards and Technology and on CPSC research.

The legislation is being co-sponsored by a growing coalition of environmental and health organizations:

    Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles
    Health Officers Association of California
    Commonweal
    Friends of the Earth
    The Trauma Foundation
    California Consumer Federation
    Just Transition Alliance
    Save the Bay