In an effort to reduce the burdens of compliance with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has voted to remove seven types of plastics (containing specified additives) from the CPSIA’s mandatory third party testing requirement for phthalates in children’s toys and child care articles. The Commission determined that the following types of plastics with specified additives do not contain regulated phthalates above the 1,000 parts per million limit in the CPSIA:
- polypropylene (PP)
- polyethylene (PE)
- high-impact polystyrene (HIPS)
- acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)
- general-purpose polystyrene (GPPS)
- medium-impact polystyrene (MIPS)
- super-high-impact polystyrene (SHIPS)
The applicable lists of specified additives in each type of plastic can be found in the draft final rule until the final rule is published in the Federal Register.
