ABSTRACT
The flame retardant chemicals industry has historically been driven by regulations and standards.
The normal fire-, smoke-, and toxicity-related standards have been joined by environmental
standards provoked by the alleged environmental impact of halogens and the alleged toxicity of
antimony. Although suitable replacements have not been found for these materials in all cases, the
environmental concern has served to depress their growth levels from what it would otherwise have
been and/or channel the growth into alternative chemical products.
