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Flame retardants & fire safety -- Ikea sofas comparison

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Uploaded by on Mar 14, 2010

http://europeinfire.blogspot.com

Two identical Ikea sofas "EKTORP", one from the UK and one from the Netherlands, tested for fire safety by the Dutch TV Show Kassa in January 2010. Very poor fire safety performence for the Dutch couch. The Netherlands is one of the many European countries where no fire safety requirements exist by law for sofas & mattresses. In Europe, such fire safety requirements exist in the UK and in Ireland, only.

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  • Why place chemicals on your sofa that is going to make you sick. Buy a smoke detector and don't smoke on your sofa. finding that PBDEs can be especially toxic to the developing brains of animals, with even a single dose of PBDEs causing ill effects. researchers have found that a dose of PBDEs given on a single day when the brain is growing rapidly can cause hyperactivity and other changes to behavior, the EWG researchers note. Deca was linked to cancers,from the National Toxicology Program.

  • this is so bad.safety is not just a uk thing.i want a safe sofa!

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