US study finds health and environmental risk in building insulation
Press Release – Building Research and Information [Volume 40, Issue 6] Date of issue: 23/11/2012 Read the article at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09613218.2012.744533 Article publication date: 26/11/2012EMBARGOED UNTIL: 26/11/2012 Researchers in the United States are calling for a change to the US building codes, following a study showing that the mandatory flame retardants routinely added to foam insulation are not only harmful to human health and the environment, but also make no difference to the prevention of fire in buildings where a fire-safe thermal barrier