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Concerns Raised About the Dangers of Flammable Fabric and Foam in Upholstered Furniture By Arnold Diaz and Elisa Kashar, According to the National Association of State Fire Marshals, more than 700 people in the United States die each year in upholstered furniture fires. That means approximately two people a day. Measures that could save lives have not been taken. Many consumers don’t know very much about foam and fabric when they buy a piece of furniture. What they really need to know is that most upholstered furniture is stuffed with highly flammable polyurethane foam and the fabric covering the foam may be flammable as well. Despite the extremely serious risks of these materials, only the state of California has laws ensuring the use of flame-retardant foam. And there are no federal laws requiring either foam or fabric to be less flammable. One possible method to avoid such fatal fires is the use of flame-retardant foam. The position of the NASFM is that the whole industry should use flame-retardant foam in all furniture, thereby following the lead of a handful of manufacturers and retailers including Ikea, Spiegel, JC Penney and Flexsteel, which already have decided to take that step...
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