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Making Upholstered Furniture Safer in Fires
Making Upholstered Furniture Safer in Fires
Scripps National News (YouTube video featuring NIST footage and quotes from Mauro Zammarano) Scientists with the National Institute of Standards and Technology have a test they hope will get standardized to get the upholstered furniture industry to use fire barriers.
Fire and Materials flammability
Released February 22, 2022, Updated February 3, 2025
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