California Flame Retardant Mandate
California enacted a regulation in the 1980s requiring mattresses, including children's mattresses, to contain flame retardants. California's market size led mattress manufacturers to apply its standard nationwide rather than make separate…
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California enacted a regulation in the 1980s requiring mattresses, including children's mattresses, to contain flame retardants. California's market size led mattress manufacturers to apply its standard nationwide rather than make separate California-only mattresses. Chemical companies that manufacture flame retardants lobbied heavily for the mandate. The stated safety rationale for the mandate was concern about children smoking in bed and failing to escape a fire.