Flame Retardant Dilemma: 20 September, 2007

Speakers:
Alrene Blum, Ph.D.
The Flame Retardant Dilemma

Terry Collins
Collins: Green chemistry: sustaining a high technology civilization

Lauren Heine, Ph.D., Director of Applied Sciences, Green Blue Institute
Heine: Are there less toxic alternative fire retardant strategies?

Michael Kirschner, President, Design Chain Associates
Kirschner: Toxic Substance Replacement in Industry: Drivers, Challenges, and Opportunities

Susan Klosterhaus, Ph.D., Environmental Scientist, San Francisco Estuary Institute
PBDE’s in the San Francisco Estuary and What We Do and Do Not Know about their Replacements

Andrew McGuire, SF Trauma Foundation
An analysis of fire data and the impact of fire safe cigarettes