Brian, your concerns are noble and worthy. The main reason no universal standards exist is plain and simple, money! It costs tens of thousands of dollars to formulate, test, and develop standards. The NWRA, as the only organization that represents our industry, has tried to do the very thing you want, but does not have the resources and, unfortunately, the co-operation of all those in the industry. As for the exisiting tests, you may have misunderstood the point of my comments. It is not that the tests are inaccurate, its the very way the testing is done that changes the results. One test may lead one to believe that one resin is far stronger than the rest. Then, a different test done by another testing facility comes up with totally different results. Remember, you come from an industry (Airlines) that buys $40 million dollar aircraft. Boeing has the money to do R&D with sales like that.

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