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1 Introduction
Pages 15-20

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From page 15...
... Certain commercial seating products (such as aircraft and bus seats) are subject to flammability standards and sometimes incorporate FRtreated upholstery cover materials, but there is no federal-government requirement for residential upholstered furniture, and it is generally not treated with FR chemicals.
From page 16...
... Because there is a potential for exposure of millions of people to FR chemicals, some have recommended banning the use of FR chemicals until they are shown to be safe. In response to concerns regarding the safety of FR chemicals, Congress, in the fiscal year 1999 appropriations report for CPSC, requested that the National Research Council conduct an independent study of the health risks to consumers posed by exposure to FR chemicals that are likely to be used in residential upholstered furniture to meet a CPSC standard.
From page 17...
... To characterize the human health risks from dermal, oral, and inhalation exposures to each of the ~ 6 FR chemicals, the subcommittee adopted the NRC risk assessment paradigm (NRC 1983, 1994~. Data were evaluated relating to key elements of this risk assessment paradigm-hazard identification, doseresponse assessment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization.
From page 18...
... The subcommittee's approach for estimating risks from exposure to carcinogenic FRs involved estimating an upper limit on lifetime cancer risk. To identify data gaps and make recommendations for future research needs, the subcommittee noted deficiencies in the databases on the FR chemicals and, where appropriate, recommended future research that would reduce uncertainty and increase confidence in the risk assessments.
From page 19...
... Almost all FR chemicals used in Europe were used commercially at the time the European existing-substances regulations were introduced. These chemicals continue to be used without the requirement of formal risk assessments unless they were identified as high-priority substances that specifically needed such an assessment.
From page 20...
... Chapter 2 describes the risk assessment process used by the subcommittee in determining the risk associated with potential exposure to the various FR chemicals. Chapter 3 describes the method the subcommittee used to measure and estimate the intensity, Dequency, extent, and duration of human exposure to FR chemicals.


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