 No other U.S. states had similar standards, but because California has such a large market, manufacturers meet TB 117 in products that they distribute across the United States.The proliferation of flame retardants, and especially halogenated organic flame retardants, in furniture across the United States is strongly linked to TB 117.When it became apparent that the risk-benefit ratio of this approach was unfavorable and industry had used falsified documentation (i.e.