Why Choose a Natural Fabric that requires you to add a Fire Retardant Treatment?

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While choosing fabrics for your home, it can be challenging to determine whether to go for inherently flame retardant fabric or fabrics such as cotton that have natural fibers doused with fire retardant treatments. Most inherently flame resistant fabrics are synthetic meaning they have been altered at molecular levels to ensure the fabric is thermally stable and adheres to commercial flame tests.  

During the comparison of the two fabrics, it is significant to look at the fabric’s fiber carbon footprint. A man-made like polyester requires more energy to produce compared to natural cotton. Also, it is important to check on how the fabric’s fibers have been woven. If for instance the fabric is conventionally produced, then, there are toxic chemical residues that remain in the fibers and could be harmful to human health. 

In most countries, governments put up bodies to deal with consumer safety but for various products. As for fabrics, most concerns are environmental impacts. It is thus important to ensure that you always go for fabrics with no toxic fire-resistant treatments. These days, we have fire-resistant treatments that meet all the provided fire codes and are safe for application on fabrics.