Considering buying some cotton flannel fabric to make some long pyjama bottoms - but one of the sewing patterns I have explicitly states that it should not be made with "cotton flannel fabrics" which apparently ,"burn readily".
I was not aware that cotton flannel was especially flammable ! đź‘€
#rthk:
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.. three men, .. arrested for alleged manslaughter amid suspicions that construction materials put up around the building did not meet fire safety standards.
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"“We found Styrofoam .. installed outside some windows on each floor near the lift lobby,” Chung said. “Everyone knows this material is inflammable…”"
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1833502-20251127.htm
27.11.2025
#bamboo #Bambus #BaugerĂĽst #China #Hongkong #Feuer #fire #flammable #GroĂźbrand #Hochhaus #Renovierung #Sanierung #scaffolding #WangFukCourt
#TheGuardian:
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Hong Kong fire: .. death toll rises to 55
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".. police allege unsafe scaffolding materials may have been behind fire’s rapid spread"
".. protective mesh sheets and plastic that may not meet fire standards, and discovered some windows on one unaffected building were sealed with a foam material .."
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/27/hong-kong-fire-tai-po-police-blame-construction-company
27.11.2025
#bamboo #Bambus #BaugerĂĽst #China #Hongkong #Feuer #fire #flammable #GroĂźbrand #Hochhaus #Renovierung #Sanierung #scaffolding #WangFukCourt
Avenco and Novilla Brand Mattresses Are Flammable. They violate mandatory federal flammability standards creating risks of serious burns or death. #Avenco #Novilla #mattress #flammable #fires #burns #recall
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQqpclMjipE/
Blossom Children’s Loungewear Sets Are Flammable. They violate mandatory federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear. #blossom #children #sleepwear #flammable #burns #recall
https://www.instagram.com/p/DP2GqlJDBag/
Bellabu Bear Children’s Robes Are Flammable and violate mandatory US flammability standards for children’s sleepwear and create risks of fires and burns. #bellabubear #childrens #robes #flammable #fires #burns #recall
https://www.instagram.com/p/DP13Za9lb2K/
How did the #miners solve the problem of #flammable #gas that was present near the ceilings? They carefully lit it.; #Wieliczka #SaltMine / Kopalnia soli Wieliczka
https://www.flickr.com/photos/96541566@N06/54815279544/
#Polska #mining #history #salt
Forever 21 Children’s Pajamas fail to meet federal flammability regulations for children’s sleepwear creating a burn hazard. #forever21 #children #pajamas #flammable #burns #recall
https://www.instagram.com/p/DG3gey0s0NG/
TravisMathew women’s sweatshirts and men’s and women’s hoodies are dangerously flammable. #travismathew #sweatshirts #hoodies #flammable #fire #burns #recall
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGWTj3bPYT1/
Spritz Taper Resin Hanukkah Dino Menorahs burn or catch fire when holding lit candles. #spritz #resin #menorah #dinosaur #flammable #burns #recall
https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DGWQ2Nktz8i/
Tupop’s Cozchique, Tebbis, and Beeziac Girls Pajama Sets fail to meet federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear. #tupop #children #pajamas #flammable #fires #burns #recall
https://www.instagram.com/p/DF_JmyZsTs-/
Duluth Trading Children’s Holiday Pajama Sets violate federal flammability regulations for children’s sleepwear, creating a risk of burn injuries. #duluth #holiday #pajamas #flammable #fire #burns #recall
https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DFgCbrjMb9s/
A combustible world: "Any city can burn now. "
21st-century fires
"The intensity of the fire ...burned basically the same way as the ones in LA. You had the drought, you had the fuel, you had the wind and that’s all you need. That can be recreated anywhere in the world. Any city can burn now. "
"Don’t look at the fire, look at the wind. If the wind is blowing over you, it means the embers are, too. The fire could be 2 miles away, but if the wind is toward you, the embers are, too, and act accordingly."
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/11/wildfires-los-angeles-climate-crisis-john-vaillant
"Fire fuel "used to be thought of as "the bush" leaf litter, grasses, shrubs, trees, in short Australian biodiversity. Now it is also houses, all the stuff and the petrol derived products and infrastructure.
Bushfire fuel classification overview >>
https://www.afac.com.au/docs/default-source/burning/bushfire-fuel-classification-overview.pdf?sfvrsn=8&download=false
#fires #bushfires #Fossilfuels #combustion #wind #cars #HomoFagrans #energy #petrotopia #plastic #housing #cities #sprawl #flammable #fuel #chemicals #trauma #vegetation #biodiversity #TheBush #HazardReduction #ClimateBreakdown
And how did we get to this point? Believe it or not, it started with coming up with a substitute for #ivory...
The plastic paradox: How plastics went from elephant saviors to #EcoVillains
Do the benefits of plastics outweigh the costs?
by Ross Pomeroy
January 23, 2024
"It was 1869, and something needed to be done.
"With the price of ivory skyrocketing, billiard ball manufacturers were scrambling for an alternative. The prized material derived from elephant tusks was being used to craft such things as knife handles, piano keys, dice, dominoes, chessmen, and yes, billiard balls. Now, with #elephants growing scarce from overhunting, the wonder material was becoming difficult to procure and unreasonably expensive. After all, one tusk would yield just four or five balls. Leading pool table manufacturer Phelan and Collender offered $10,000 ($225,000 today) to any inventor who could discover a replacement for ivory.
"Albany inventor John Wesley Hyatt answered the call, molding together camphor, nitrocellulose, and alcohol under extreme pressure. His concoction, called celluloid, was one of the first synthetic plastics. While Hyatt’s creation proved an unwieldy material for billiard balls — insufficiently durable and mildly explosive when struck — it inspired others to formulate something better. A few decades later, American chemist Leo Baekeland came up with the petroleum-derived Bakelite. It became the first commercially successful synthetic plastic, and very likely saved elephants from #extinction."
[The article goes on to mention how #plastics and #PFAS are interconnected...]
"According to the authors of the report, plastic additives may be the most pernicious. These substances augment plastics to make them more useful to consumers: stronger, more pliable, less #flammable, non-stick, etc. However, large observational studies and research in lab animals indicate they are harming human health.
"The substances could be increasing cancer rates, reducing birth weights, inhibiting antibody responses to vaccines, raising blood pressure, and contributing to infertility. These compounds include polybrominated diphenyl ethers (#PBDE), phthalates, bisphenol A (#BPA), and per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (#PFAS).
"Philip J. Landrigan, a professor, pediatrician, and Director of the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College, is the lead author of the Minderoo-Monaco Commission report. He spoke with Big Think about the potential harms of plastic additives.
"Landrigan was a pediatrician during the 1970s, when lead in gasoline, paints, and toys was secretly poisoning children. He says chemicals leaching from plastics constitute a similar threat: As they’re not chemically bound to the plastic matrix, they can easily escape into the environment. #PBDEs, added as #FlameRetardants in furniture and other products, have been found in house dust and are neurotoxic, he says.
“The thousands of chemicals in plastics — #monomers, additives, processing agents, and non-intentionally added substances — include amongst their number known human #carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, #neurotoxicants, and persistent organic #pollutants,' Landrigan and his fellow authors wrote in the report.
"Given these negative effects, it may seem as if plastic is a fire-breathing dragon. While it began as an ally, it has now turned against us. If we don’t get the dragon back under control, it could spell our downfall.
"To respond to threats from plastics, the experts on the Minderoo-Monaco Commission called for a #GlobalPlasticsTreaty comparable to the Paris Climate Agreement to combat climate change. As part of the treaty, they insist that a 'cap on global plastic production with targets, timetables, and national contributions' is needed. Global plastic use is estimated to nearly triple by 2060."
Read more:
https://bigthink.com/the-present/plastics-costs-benefits-paradox/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
#Crapitalism #BanPlastics
#WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #PlasticRain
Quick drawing. Apsect ratio is rubbish for social media posts :)
#SocialMedia #anger #shout #toxic #poison #flammable #corrosive #drawing #DigitalArt #mastoart #redbubble #BlackAndWhite
"The increasing severity of #wildfires and #drought highlights that reforming #ForestStewardship – taking better care of the forests, including safeguarding #OldGrowthForests – is one of our best hopes to protect communities across B.C.
Harmful #forestry practices like #clearcutting and #unsustainable #IndustrialLogging make extreme heat and wildfires worse. #Clearcuts are #tinderboxes, more prone to creating embers because dead trees and branches dry out in the hot sun and become more #flammable. Tree plantations and improperly tended young forests also increase wildfire risk: Younger trees have thinner bark and low-hanging branches that can act as ladder fuels, and the trees are often planted too close together, making it easy for fire to spread.
Fortunately, intact and properly managed #forests are more resilient to the worsening wildfires and heatwaves. For example, #OldGrowth #rainforests have dense canopies which provide cooling shade that resists fire. They are cooler and wetter than young forests, acting as giant sponges. Old-growth trees in the drier interior have thick bark, high branches and are widely spaced which all reduce #WildfireRisk.
#SierraClubBC #BCpoli #StopEcocide #BritishColumbia #Environmental #SaveOldGrowth #ClimateCrisis #BCNDP #BanCorporateLobbyists #Wildfires #floods #ClimateEmergency #BCwildfires #BCfloods #NaturalDisasters #ClimateMitigation #StopDeforestation #JustStopOil #DoTheRightThing #OneEarth #BCForestryReform
Multiple Brands of Children’s Sleepwear Are Dangerously Flammable: Juvenno Kids, Lovely Angel Nightgowns, & Fashion Online Children’s Pajama sets do not meet federal flammability standards.#juvenno #lovelyangel #fashiononline #children #sleepwear #flammable #fires #burns #recalls
https://www.instagram.com/p/C9lAlEqxM1o/
Nap Queen Sleep Victoria Hybrid Mattresses fail to meet federal flammability standards for mattresses leading to fire and burn risks. #napqueen #mattress #flammable #burns #fire #recall
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8L4W7wOogG/
