Assembly Bans Flame Retardant
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By Douglas Fischer  A measure banning a broad class of flame retardants from furniture and bedding cleared the Assembly late Wednesday night, while a controversial effort to ban one of the most widely used chemical flame retardants from all consumer products fell short Thursday.
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By Anna M. Tinsley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 8--Safety signs. Fire extinguishers. Better inventories of hazardous chemicals.
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Outdoor patio heaters could become history if MEPs vote to ban them today
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Â· Trade group urges ban for chemical additivesÂ· Anger over burden on parents to check labels
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Residents in government-funded housing in Bristol are up in arms over a decision by their local city council to ban doormats because they pose a &quot;tripping hazard&quot; for anyone escaping a fire.
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A bonfire celebration in York, the home  town of Guy Fawkes, has been banned on health and safety  grounds, the local council said Tuesday.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota would ban smoking in bars, restaurants and other establishments under a bill approved by the Legislature.
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By Bill Graham, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Jun. 25--Explosions and a fire Sunday at a chemical plant in Richmond left no air pollution problems that could harm residents or firefighters, a spokesman for the Environmental Protection Agency said today.
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The Centre is to promulgate an ordinance to repeal the contentious Prevention of Terrorism Act 2002 (Pota) along with another ordinance making changes in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967.
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The Spanish Parliament bans smoking in its corridors ahead of government plans for a smoking ban in all working places.
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THE word accident has been the main casualty at Waitara's Methanex plant for the last seven years.  "We have outlawed the word," says director of corporate resources Jayne Francis. "It has connotations of an act of God, of something that cannot be avoided.
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By Timothy C. Barmann; Journal Staff Writer  Language creating a power authority to enable renewable energy projects is stripped from a bill in the final hours of the Assembly session.
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The adapters can overheat, cause damage to the circuit board and melt through the housing, which poses a fire and electrical shock hazard to consumers.
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Traditional high-energy lightbulb will be taken off the shelves under a government scheme.
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The city's ban on trans fat-laden cooking oils, the first of its kind in the nation, went into effect Sunday.
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By CARRIE ANTLFINGER  MILWAUKEE - As he left the funeral of one of three colleagues killed in a warehouse explosion believed to have been sparked by a propane leak, Rick Pollak was shocked to learn that inspections of propane tanks and pipes aren't required by law.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Sep. 22--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday adopted new limits on tiny soot that might be a threat to public health.   The limits announced in a teleconference by EPA Administrator Stephen L.