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tam_shops

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Kind of surprised and far more concerned about the chemicals in my kids Pjs (against their naked bodies) than on their car seat...

tam
 

julia94115

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Kind of surprised and far more concerned about the chemicals in my kids Pjs (against their naked bodies) than on their car seat...

Yeah- it's a non-issue for me too but I know there are people here (and in my mom's groups) that are concerned.

Just posted it as an FYI for any interested. :)
 

TechnoGranola

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Kind of surprised and far more concerned about the chemicals in my kids Pjs (against their naked bodies) than on their car seat...

tam
But it's easy to find pjs without added chemicals (at least in Canada it is); not so easy to find a car seat without.
 

LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician
TechnoGranola said:
But it's easy to find pjs without added chemicals (at least in Canada it is); not so easy to find a car seat without.

Yes, it's easy in the US, too. Pajamas have to be chemically treated OR tight-fitting (or homemade :whistle:). Car seats MUST be flame-retardant, which requires the use of chemicals of one kind or another.
 

tam_shops

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Julia, sorry didn't mean to imply that it wasn't interesting! It was very interesting! I'm just surprised that enough people complained about it that they opted to stop using those chemicals...

There was someone here once that's dh was a fireman and he said the way car fires go it wouldn't have helped anyway. I'd still pick the chemical covered one, just in case the one second makes a difference, but...

Didn't realize the chemical in the pjs was also an American regulation. Recall from a Textiles Science class that it aged back to when girls wore lacey pjs and carried candles...

Jennie, you sew! How fun! I used to before I had kids, one of those ironic things in life! LOL Watch the fabrics you buy, some of them have the same chemicals in them too! LOL Impressed you know that the tight fitting ones don't have the same chemicals! I just buy a couple sizes bigger so they're not so tight...One of those silly regulations that make you wonder. Kids are far more likely to light their clothes on fire while playing w/ matches while mom makes dinner than while they're in bed! Though, one kid is one kid too many...

tam
 

jeminijad

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Well, as long as flame retardants are still being used, I'm for safer ones.

Even a fireman can't tell if a kid's car seat resisted fire for an extra minute or so, once the fire is out. I wonder what kind of testing was done to deem retardants important in the first place, or if it was just that it seemed to make sense.
 

tam_shops

New member
I would bet no actual testing was done, if it was they wouldn't get away w/ not using it now.

Isn't it an industry standard w/ car seat interior though? I assume that came about after multiple problems w/ accidents and/or cigarettes starting fire and injury to people and/or more damage to the car.

Further, if Britax opts to do this, what happens when someone that smokes has a window open and then an ash ignites the Britax seat their child is sitting in?

Will it be an option for those that smoke at least?

Personally, I prefer this kind of change to be an *option* so those that have an issue with it, can opt out...AND, they then put it on less flammable fabrics than say a Polyester that melts in seconds from the slightest bit of flame...

tam
 

TechnoGranola

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I would bet no actual testing was done, if it was they wouldn't get away w/ not using it now.

Isn't it an industry standard w/ car seat interior though? I assume that came about after multiple problems w/ accidents and/or cigarettes starting fire and injury to people and/or more damage to the car.

Further, if Britax opts to do this, what happens when someone that smokes has a window open and then an ash ignites the Britax seat their child is sitting in?

Will it be an option for those that smoke at least?

Personally, I prefer this kind of change to be an *option* so those that have an issue with it, can opt out...AND, they then put it on less flammable fabrics than say a Polyester that melts in seconds from the slightest bit of flame...

tam

They article says they are opting to use safer, non brominated, non chlorinated flame retardants; they aren't eliminating them.
 

LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician
They're still using fire retardants, per the law, just ones that don't contain the most controversial chemicals.

ETA: I should clarify that the law doesn't require the use of chemicals, just that there is a flame-retardancy standard can't really be met otherwise.
 
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