I seem to recall that long ago, when televisions had vacuum tubes, high voltage and high power, fires were an issue. I'm not positive, but I thought that the requirements for flame retardants came from investigations of a number of fires of plastic enclosed televisions. I believe that the basis for the requirement is sound. It's been decades since flammable plastics were commonly used for IT and A/V products. The fact that there have been few issues may be due to the effectiveness of flame retardants.
Ted Eckert Microsoft Corporation The opinions experessed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. From: Pete Perkins <00000061f3f32d0c-dmarc-requ...@ieee.org> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 1:46 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Do We Need Flame Retardants in Electronics? Rich, et al, Like many issues we see raging around us this is one which got caught up in political correctness before it had a large public face. I personally felt that the science of flame retardants is well understood and making a change involved adding in risks which were not well understood therefore bad practice. Thanx for bring this around again. :>) br, Pete Peter E Perkins, PE Principal Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs Consultant PO Box 1067 Albany, Ore 97321-0413 503/452-1201 IEEE Life Fellow p.perk...@ieee.org<mailto:p.perk...@ieee.org> Entropy ain't what it used to be From: Richard Nute <ri...@bendbroadband.com<mailto:ri...@bendbroadband.com>> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 1:32 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG<mailto:EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> Subject: [PSES] Do We Need Flame Retardants in Electronics? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-we-need-flame-retardants-in-electronics/<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scientificamerican.com%2Farticle%2Fdo-we-need-flame-retardants-in-electronics%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cted.eckert%40microsoft.com%7C6f8624a753274fc2dda608d73ae6f790%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C1%7C637042635984040539&sdata=ub7KtAnUqaUapbaX027V6wPDQk2RvtChpLUtsSzI0so%3D&reserved=0> "...there has never been any valid statistical demonstration that flame retardant chemicals of the types and concentrations used in consumer products have resulted in death or injury reduction," says Vytenis Babrauskas<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scientificamerican.com%2Farticle%2Fdo-furniture-flame-retardants-save-enough-lives-justify-environmental-damage%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cted.eckert%40microsoft.com%7C6f8624a753274fc2dda608d73ae6f790%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C1%7C637042635984050495&sdata=k0o04eDHG0IbRIzN9hu559U5Pt3dlddOXHZngjKEt2c%3D&reserved=0>... 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