Mattress Standards in Canada remains the same
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New mattress standards will go in effect today, July 1st, in the USA. Will neighboring Canada follow suit? Exporters from that area are complying with the current USA laws but locally, the move to amend it remains unchanged:
As a U.S. deadline for tougher mattress flammability standards nears, Canadian officials say they have no immediate plans to introduce similar safety regulations. “There’s nothing that’s been identified that shows that there’s a particular concern in this area,” said Helen Ptasznik, a Health Canada product safety manager. “If a concern is identified through fire officials or through the consultation process then we’ll probably start down that road,” she said.The new U.S. standards, which must be applied to new mattresses as of July 1, aims to scale back how quickly mattress fires spread when started by open-flame sources including candles and lighters. “The agency really estimates that it will save more than 270 lives and will really prevent thousands of injuries,” said Julie Vallese, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
According the fire commissioner’s office in Ontario, mattress fires have caused five deaths and over 100 injuries over a five-year period. Chris Jones, Manitoba’s deputy fire commissioner, said mattress fires, which have caused two recent child fatalities in the province, tend to spread very quickly because of manufacturing materials.
“Our stance has been with [Health Canada] that we want to encourage more home products to be more retardant to fire … and mattresses are certainly one of them,” he said.
Mattress manufacturer Gerry Price, of the Toronto-based Price Mattress Inc., says his company has already started making new fire resistant mattresses to fulfill U.S. export regulations. But, he notes, he is continuing to make a cheaper, less-resistant mattress for the Canadian market. “For the factories that didn’t do it, they would have a significant cost advantage in the marketplace,” he said. “It just makes sense that a federal regulation levels the playing field for everybody to do the right thing.”
Health Canada officials say they’re waiting on a study to be released this fall, noting any changes wouldn’t be introduced until 2009 at the earliest.
via CBC Canada
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