Non-Toxic T.V.s

Status: 2013 - In progress
2012 - Successfully completed
2008 - Successfully completed

The problem: Proposed amendments to International Electrotechnical Commission standards requiring television enclosures to resist a candle flame have no valid fire safety rationale and are met by including toxic or untested flame retardants in the plastic around the TV. The chemical industry has promoted similar standards for the past decade, but GSP in collaboration with NGOs and scientists worldwide was able to stop passage in 2008 and 2012. However, a new candle standard has been proposed and will be voted on in 2013.

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Candle Standard for Electronics

White Papers and Related Information:

2012:
NEW: The Case against Candle Resistant TVs: Whitepaper
Scientists and Professors rebuttal to chemical industry argument for retardants in TV housings
International Association of Fire Fighters and fire safety community oppose retardants in TV cases
Australian Fire Brigade oppose retardants due to increased cancer risk
Scientists and physicians letter in opposition to retardants in TVs
Center for Environmental Health and other NGOs letter in opposition to retardants in TVs
Canadian Environmental Law Association Position Letter

2009 Cover Story from Conformity Magazine:
When Product Safety and the Environment Appear to Collide: The Defeat of the Candle Flame Ignition Requirement

2008:
The Case against Candle Resistant Electronics: Whitepaper
The Case against Candle Resistant Electronics - One Page Summary
ChemSec Position Paper IEC62368-080226
Fire Fighters Letter