Flame Retardants

Clean Production Action is working with groups in North America and Europe to phase out the production and use of brominated flame retardant chemicals. These chemicals are now found widely in humans, marine mammals, and other wildlife throughout the globe. They disrupt the hormone and immune system and are particularly dangerous to children.

The Flame Retardants section of our Safer Products Project website documents the growing controversy around this chemical class with a focus on recent developments in the European Union. To show the range of safer alternatives to these dangerous chemicals, we have posted a variety of reports from Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the U.S.

This site is a useful resource for public officials, product designers and the general public.