The Fire Retardant Dilemma Part III

**Topic: How can we achieve fire and environmental safety as well as
protect public health?

The Fire Retardant Dilemma
September 20, 2007 - 150 University Hall, UC Berkeley
(8:30am =96 1:00pm, Oxford/Addison streets, Berkeley)

**What to Expect: This seminar series brings together contributors from
industry, government, academia, and citizen groups to share information and
research results about new fire retardant technologies, materials, and
policies. We will expand this continuing discussion to larger issues of the
human health and environmental impact of chemicals.

*Speakers: *

*Terry Collins*, the Thomas Lord Professor of Chemistry and director of the
Institute for Green Oxidation Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University
*Green Chemistry: Sustaining a High Technology Civilization*
*Lauren Heine*, Ph.D., Director of Applied Sciences, Green Blue Institute
*Are there less toxic alternative fire retardant strategies?*
*Michael Kirschner*, President, Design Chain Associates and an expert on
environmental regulation of electronic products
*Toxic Substance Replacement in Industry: Drivers, Challenges, and
Opportunities*
*Susan Klosterhaus*, Ph.D., Environmental Scientist, San Francisco Estuary
Institute
*PBDE's in the San Francisco Estuary and What We Do and Do Not Know
about their Replacements*
*Andrew McGuire*, Founder, SF Trauma Foundation
*An analysis of fire data and the impact of fire safe cigarettes *
*Arlene Blum*, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley
*The Fire Retardant Dilemma*

Discussants include
Bob Luedeka, Executive Director, Polyurethane Foam Association
Dr. Said Nurbakhsh, Flammability Research Test Engineer, California Bureau
of Home Furnishings
John McCormack, former Manager of Research and Development, CBHF
David Epel, Jane and Marshall Steele Professor of Biological Sciences,
Stanford University
Dr. Russell Long, President, Blue Water Network