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U.S. CPSC October 21, 2003	CPSC Votes to Expand Rulemaking for Upholstered Furniture Flammability The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted unanimously to expand its regulatory proceeding to develop a possible federal standard for upholstered furniture flammability performance.
U.S. CPSC July 16, 2004	Stratton Tells Congress New Draft Fire Regulations Ready For Commission Review This Fall The staff's draft proposed federal mandatory standards will address deaths and injuries from fires involving open-flame ignition of mattresses and both small open-flame (matches, lighters, candles) and cigarette ignition of upholstered furniture.
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U.S. CPSC November 1, 2004	CPSC Staff Presents Draft Proposed Fire Safety Standard for Mattresses The draft proposed standard addresses fires ignited by an open flame that typically involves the bedclothes. The CPSC staff also recommended an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to develop a standard for bedclothes flammability.
U.S. CPSC December 9, 2004	CPSC Staff Briefs Commission on Recommendations for Fire Safety Standards for Mattresses and Bedclothes The staff's draft proposed standard for mattresses addresses fires ignited by an open flame. The CPSC staff also briefed Commissioners on a draft advance notice of proposed rulemaking to develop a separate safety standard for bedclothes flammability.
U.S. CPSC December 22, 2004	CPSC Votes - Fire Safety Standard for Mattresses and Rulemaking for Bedclothes This proposed standard will lead to mattresses that are a dramatic improvement, in terms of fire resistance and lives saved, over most mattresses currently on the market.
U.S. CPSC April 6, 2005	CPSC Approves First Step Toward Mandatory Standard for Cigarette Lighters The vote to approve an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which is open for public comment, sets the Commission on a path to consider a way to prevent most mechanical malfunctions of lighters and reduce the fire hazard associated with some lighters.
U.S. CPSC February 16, 2006	CPSC Approves New Flammability Standard for Mattresses The new mandatory flammability standard for mattresses is the first major regulation passed by the CPSC in the agency's history and is likely to save as many as 270 lives a year.
U.S. CPSC December 1, 2004	CPSC Votes to Start Development of Mandatory Standard for Cigarette Lighters According to the commission's chairman, a mandatory standard for cigarette lighters -- along with standards for the flammability of mattresses and upholstered furniture -- would help reduce fires, deaths, and injuries.
U.S. CPSC June 20, 2007	New Federal Mattress Standard Expected to Save Hundreds of Lives, Prevent Thousands of Injuries Once fully effective, the new federal flammability standard is expected to prevent as many as 270 deaths and 1,330 injuries every year.
U.S. CPSC December 6, 2006	CPSC Approves ANPR to Make Portable Generators Safer Chief among the safety hazards is carbon monoxide exhaust from gasoline-powered generators, which is highly poisonous and can overcome and kill consumers in minutes when a generator is used indoors.
Chemistry World September 1, 2011 Laura Howes	Green fire retardant swells to suppress flames Jamie Grunlan's team at the University of Texas A&M, US, has used layer by layer deposition to coat fabrics with a thin, environmentally benign, fire retardant layer of polymers.
U.S. CPSC December 28, 2006	CPSC Takes Step Forward In Effort to Protect Children From Hazardous Metal Jewelry The U.S. CPSC unanimously approved an advance notice of proposed rulemaking that could lead to a ban of children's metal jewelry that has more than 0.06 percent of total lead.
U.S. CPSC April 1, 2004	CPSC Recommends Fresh Batteries for Smoke Alarms and Fire Safety Tips for Every Home Everyone needs a smoke alarm with a fresh battery on every level of the house and in every bedroom
Chemistry World February 22, 2006 Arthur Rogers	EU Chemical Regulation Could Save 150 Billion in Environment and Health Costs According to a new study, Europe's forthcoming registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals (Reach) is expected to offer savings that far outweigh expected costs to the chemicals industry.
OCC Bulletin December 28, 2006	Risk-Based Capital: Domestic Capital Modifications This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is applicable to banking organizations that are not subject to the Basel II NPR that was separately proposed on September 25, 2006.
U.S. CPSC September 12, 2006	CPSC Warns about TV, Large Furniture Tip-Over Dangers More than 100 deaths have been reported since 2000; most involve young children.
U.S. CPSC October 22, 2004	CPSC Recommends Fresh Batteries for Smoke Alarms and Fire Safety Tips for Every Home The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends that consumers follow these tips to help prevent fires, deaths, and injuries.
Chemistry World March 1, 2013 Ian Farrell	Fireproof coatings made from DNA Researchers have used DNA, extracted from herring sperm, to fireproof samples of cotton, and have found its performance to be on a par with commercially manufactured materials. The flame retardant industry is big business, but many of the chemicals used are hazardous to the environment.
U.S. CPSC September 30, 2008	Data Shows Unstable TVs, Furniture and Appliances Pose Deadly Danger to Children To help prevent tip-over hazards, the CPSC recommends the following safety tips.
U.S. CPSC October 8, 2003	CPSC Warns: Millions of Americans Have Smoke Alarms that Don't Work This is Fire Prevention Week (October 5-11), but the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that millions of homes in the U.S. have smoke alarms that do not work. Usually, the batteries are dead or missing.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007 Courtney E. Howard	European Union launches Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals regulation The EU's recently enacted REACH law makes industry manufacturers, importers, and systems developers responsible for the identification, management, and substitution of chemical substances.
Chemistry World April 9, 2010 Rebecca Trager	EPA seeks heightened scrutiny for 16 chemicals The US Environmental Protection Agency wants to tighten its oversight of certain chemical substances by adding 16 chemicals to its Toxics Release Inventory list.
Chemistry World January 2007 Mark Peplow	Editorial: The End of the Beginning for Reach It's been a long time coming, but the European Reach (registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals) legislation has finally been settled, and should come into force progressively from June 2007.
IndustryWeek August 18, 2010	Chemical Reactions The Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010, which would strengthen the federal government's authority over chemical substances, is cause for concern.
Chemistry World December 4, 2006 Arthur Rogers	EU Chemicals Legislation Settled European Union negotiators announced that they had overcome the final hurdles that were holding up new legislation to control the use of chemicals.
OCC Bulletin February 28, 2006	Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Final Rule and Proposed Rule for Special Due Diligence Programs for Certain Foreign Accounts
U.S. CPSC March 17, 2004	Palliser Furniture Ltd. Recall of "Poof" Chairs A metal rod can protrude through the fabric and its sharp edges could cause scratches or cuts.
OCC Bulletin February 10, 2003	Removal, Suspension, and Debarment of Accountants from Performing Annual Audit Services A proposed rule concerns the removal, suspension, and debarment of accountants from performing annual audit and attestation services.
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Chemistry World September 18, 2012 James Urquhart	UN report urges chemical industry to clean-up Governments and industry worldwide must address the management of chemicals in order to curtail the escalating heath and environmental risks associated with the widespread production, use and disposal of chemicals, warns the United Nations Environment Program.
OCC Bulletin April 13, 2006	Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act This Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking addresses the gathering of information for developing guidelines and regulations required by section 312 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act).
U.S. CPSC May 15, 2008	Window Falls Prompts CPSC to Issue Warning The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning parents and caregivers to take precautions to keep children from falling from windows.
U.S. CPSC August 21, 2007	Increase in College Dorm Fires Prompts Officials to Issue Warning As students go off to college and leave the comforts of home, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning about the dangers of fires in college housing such as dormitories, fraternities, sororities and barracks.
Chemistry World January 28, 2011 Yuandi Li	Firefighters need more protection from chemical fumes Researchers are looking to investigate fire fumes from vehicles, such as hybrid and electric cars, and to use new personal monitors that employ whole air sampling principles to collect gases and vapors to measure even more chemicals.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 Rich Smith	La-Z-Boy Gets a Whippin' La-Z-Boys sales, like its trademark chairs, are soft. Latest quarterly reports show a 13% decline in sales, which management blames on the continuing challenging furniture environment.
Chemistry World July 26, 2012 Andrew Turley	New US chemical rules edge nearer A political committee in the US has voted in favor of plans to change the way chemicals are regulated by shifting the burden of proving safety to manufacturers.
Financial Advisor November 2012 Jerilyn Klein Bier	Chemical Solutions Safer chemical management strategies can help prevent toxic financial fallout. Consumer products companies are also moving away from controversial chemicals such as triclosan, an antibiotic agent used in soaps.
U.S. CPSC May 4, 2007	CPSC Wins Major Court Victory Upholding Authority to Protect Consumers From Illegal Sales of Firework Components Permanent injunction placed on Firefox enterprises from selling certain chemicals and components used in illegal fireworks.
Information Today June 20, 2011	EPA Releases Two New Databases With Chemical Toxicity and Exposure Data The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the release of two databases that make it easier to find data about chemicals.