See Links below for full text of
California and CPSC new laws:
CPSC Risk Assessment of Flameproof Mattresses
Short version, 12 selected pages
highlighted
Full version, 77 pages Bookmarked
Highlighted, Searchable
CPSC Risk Assessment and Law documents at
CPSC website:
http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia06/brief/matttabd.pdf
There are no chemical free and safe systems.
See CPSC Table 1 showing the percentage of Known Toxic Chemicals contained in
various mattress flame barrier systems at: Tab H, p 17
http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia06/brief/matttabh.pdf
http://www.peopleforcleanbeds.org/final-vote.htm#which_chemicals
Master
list of CPSC briefing packages:
http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia06/brief/briefing.html
California mattress Open Flame FR
law is already effective, 1-1-05
Notice of Proposed Rule Making,
it will become law within a year unless we can stop it.
Federal Register / Vol. 70, No.
9 / Thursday, January 13, 2005 / Proposed Rules 2477, p9 of
PDF
http://www.cpsc.gov/businfo/frnotices/fr05/openflame.pdf
Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC) draft
proposal of this new law to flameproof mattresses, and statements on health risks.
The CPSC document is 381 pages broken down into 6 pdf files and linked below. I
urge you to read page 17, and pages 132-169 of the CPSC report. Only 38 pages or
10% of this document are related to health effects of this law.
Here are all the links to this document:
http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia05/brief/mattressespt1.pdf
http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia05/brief/mattressespt2.pdf
http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia05/brief/mattressespt3.pdf
http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia05/brief/mattressespt4.pdf
http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia05/brief/mattressespt5.pdf
http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia05/brief/mattressespt6.pdf
CALIFORNIA BUREAU OF HOME
FURNISHINGS AND THERMAL INSULATION
3485 Orange Grove Ave., North Highlands, CA 95660, (916)
574-2041, Licensing: (916) 574-0280, fax: (916) 574-2043, email:
contactbhfti@dca.ca.gov Website:
http://www.bhfti.ca.gov/ TB603 is
mattress open flame law,
http://www.bhfti.ca.gov/ab603.htm
TB604 is bedclothes open flame law.
http://www.bhfti.ca.gov/tb604.htm
Full text of California
Assembly Bill 603
Full
Text of California Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation
Technical Bulletin 603
(requires pdf viewer) Drawings of test methods at end of document.
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