And to make it clear for the record, there are two approaches where--well, three, actually: legacy furniture, which was different than the furniture that we buy today; then furniture treated with fire-retardant chemicals, which you said does not produce any measurable impact of safety; and then barriers, which I assume is some sort of a cloth or fabric or something that stops the fire from spreading into the furniture.
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