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True BOD, but perhaps not good. As to the plastic, I don't know if this was the choice of the raw material supplier or the customer. It may not be the problem at all, it could have been on cost. But one can see that the regulations changing (as shown above) will have unforeseen effects. Banning this retardant may be for good reasons (although even the Green website seems not very sure) but the change which the original plastic compounder would probably find from the retardant supplier, is very unlikely to be passed down the chain, or quite possibly no suitable alternative is available anyway. Fire retardants are quite complex, often contain complex halogen molecules, and need to be compatible with a polymer mix, not damaging any of its other properties. Not really the realm of an end-user, and easily overlooked. Such things are hated by many other groups, particularly environmentalists who do not know that combined halogens are rather different from releasing Chlorine or Bromine vapour as a chemical weapon. You will find it is now impossible to buy medical iodine retail, although the alternatives are available easily (Germolene etc.) Older people like that which they know.


BS7671 changing also has negative effects sometimes, I suppose it is a fact of life. The chains of events are interesting, and the regulators need to take notice and understand the effects before changes are made.

True BOD, but perhaps not good. As to the plastic, I don't know if this was the choice of the raw material supplier or the customer. It may not be the problem at all, it could have been on cost. But one can see that the regulations changing (as shown above) will have unforeseen effects. Banning this retardant may be for good reasons (although even the Green website seems not very sure) but the change which the original plastic compounder would probably find from the retardant supplier, is very unlikely to be passed down the chain, or quite possibly no suitable alternative is available anyway. Fire retardants are quite complex, often contain complex halogen molecules, and need to be compatible with a polymer mix, not damaging any of its other properties. Not really the realm of an end-user, and easily overlooked. Such things are hated by many other groups, particularly environmentalists who do not know that combined halogens are rather different from releasing Chlorine or Bromine vapour as a chemical weapon. You will find it is now impossible to buy medical iodine retail, although the alternatives are available easily (Germolene etc.) Older people like that which they know.


BS7671 changing also has negative effects sometimes, I suppose it is a fact of life. The chains of events are interesting, and the regulators need to take notice and understand the effects before changes are made.