California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has proposed listing nail products containing methyl methacrylate (MMA) as its latest Priority Product under its Safer Consumer Products regulation. DTSC has gone after nail products before–nail products with toluene are already a proposed Priority Product awaiting adoption by the California Legislature. If the newest proposal is … Continue reading
California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has proposed listing nail products containing toluene as its latest priority product under its Safer Consumer Products program. If adopted, responsible parties will need to remove impacted products from sale in California or undertake an alternatives analysis in order to continue selling in California.… Continue reading
With less than three months to go before the first biennial reporting deadline, the Oregon Health Authority has opened its reporting portal and issued instructions for reporting under the Oregon Toxic Free Kids Act. The Act requires manufacturers (or importers into the state) to report the existence of “High Priority Chemicals of Concern for Children’s … Continue reading
On July 1, 2017, Washington’s “Toxic-Free Kids and Families Act” goes into effect, restricting the use of the following five flame retardants in children’s products and residential upholstered furniture: Additive TBBPA Deca-BDE HBCD (HBCDD) TDCPP TCEP Under the Act, manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers are prohibited from manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, or distributing for sale or … Continue reading
Continuing our review of state green chemistry laws, Maine’s Safer Chemicals in Children’s Products Act primarily requires reporting the use of specified chemicals in certain children’s products based on risk and hazard criteria, although it may be used to restrict or ban use. Manufacturers of certain children’s products that contain specified chemicals must submit a … Continue reading
Updating our prior post, President Obama has signed the TSCA reform bill into law. We will continue to provide updates as expectations for implementation develop.… Continue reading
After decades of stalled efforts, the House and Senate have both passed TSCA reform legislation. The bill, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2576), is the result of extensive negotiations between the House and Senate to reconcile differences between competing TSCA reform bills in both houses. We expect the … Continue reading
We are pleased to welcome guest blogger and BLC Leather Technology Centre’s chemical and regulatory advisor, Georgina Mawer, to Consumer Products Law Blog. Georgina focus on product safety assessments, including guidance on chemical testing and analysis, as well as research and delivery of technical contract work. An experienced chemical analyst, her studies focused on forensic science. BLC is … Continue reading
Continuing our coverage of the Washington’s Children’s Safe Products Act, the Washington Department of Ecology recently issued guidance clarifying its enforcement policy of the Washington Act’s prohibition on the manufacturing and sale of children’s products containing lead, cadmium, and phthalates. In this guidance, the Department concedes that the federal Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act preempts … Continue reading
In our previous post on Washington’s Children’s Safe Products Act, we focused on the Act’s reporting requirement. But the Act also contains provisions prohibiting the sale of children’s products containing certain chemicals above the following limits: Lead: 90 parts per million (ppm) Cadmium: 40 ppm; and Phthalates in children’s products in excess of 1,000 ppm … Continue reading
This week we turn from federal law to the patchwork of state laws that cropped up due to TSCA’s failures. First up is Washington’s green chemistry law: the Children’s Safe Products Act. The CSPA requires manufacturers of children’s products sold in Washington to file a report with the state if their product contains certain chemicals. … Continue reading
The Toxic Substances Control Act and resulting regulations are the federal regulatory structure for chemicals management. TSCA (tah-ska) authorizes the US EPA to review and regulate chemicals. For many existing chemicals, TSCA requires manufacturers to work with EPA to fill in data gaps on risk, and new chemicals must undergo pre-market screening. If EPA determines a … Continue reading
Among the many consumer product buzzwords, green chemistry may be on top of the pile. Depending upon your job, industry, or viewpoint, it also may have a variety of meanings, triggering still other buzzwords — alternatives assessment; restricted substances list; chemicals of concern; life cycle assessment. In the same vein as our California Proposition 65 miniseries, we here at … Continue reading
Among the many consumer product buzzwords, green chemistry may be on top of the pile. Depending upon your job, industry, or viewpoint, it also may have a variety of meanings, triggering still other buzzwords — alternatives assessment; restricted substances list; chemicals of concern; life cycle assessment. In the same vein as our California Proposition 65 miniseries, we here at … Continue reading
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control has issued its final three-year Priority Product Work Plan. The Plan outlines the types of products the Department will look at over the next three years for new product-chemical combinations to be added to the Priority Products list. The issuance of the Plan follows DTSC’s addition of the first three … Continue reading
On September 12, 2014, DTSC issued its draft three-year Priority Product Work Plan. The Plan outlines the types of products the Department will look at over the next three years for new product-chemical combinations to be added to the Priority Products list. The issuance of the Plan follows DTSC’s addition of the first three proposed … Continue reading
On June 25, 2014, DTSC began targeting new consumer products and chemicals to add to the California Green Chemistry list at a public meeting of the Green Ribbon Science Panel. The meeting was greatly anticipated as the next step in the development of the Green Chemistry regulation, following DTSC’s announcement of the first three proposed … Continue reading
On March 13, 2014, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control announced the long-anticipated proposed list of Initial Priority Products under the California Safer Consumer Products regulation, more commonly referred to as California Green Chemistry. The proposed list includes the following three product categories and their chemical combinations: Children’s foam padded sleeping products containing the … Continue reading