US State of Washington Consults on Children's Products Chemicals Regulations

December 20, 2010, CHEMICAL WATCH website news, the US Department of Ecology in Washington recently launched a public social consultation on the Children's Safe Product Act (CPSA) to protect children from toxic chemicals. Infringement of the product. The act surpassed all chemicals regulations in the United States in recent years in the chemical information disclosure and notification system. The bill will require manufacturers, distributors, and importers of children's products to comment on chemical substances in the products concerned. At present, there are 59 kinds of chemical substances of high concern for children in the draft list. The deadline for comments is December 31st.

Economists said that the bill's list of chemicals stems from toxic chemicals that are detected in children's products and that are consistent with human biological research. The regulations further explain these substances of high concern in detail, including toxic, persistent and bioaccumulative chemicals in the home environment, and other adverse effects through a series of systems such as human reproduction, development, endocrinology, immunity, and nerves. Chemical material.

The Child Safety Product Act also defines the target age of the product, ie children 12 years of age and under, which is different from the current state chemicals legislation in most states that focuses on children aged 3 years and below.

The Toy Association of America (TIA) stated that it hopes to disclose "intentionally added ingredients" and "reasonable and predictable exposed substances" in children's products. It is reported that in a review conducted by the University of Washington and the Ministry of Health, it was found that 27 of the draft list of substances were not intentionally added during the manufacturing process, but may be caused by contamination or formation during upstream production transfer.

The ecological department will review all submitted comments. If there are no major differences, they are expected to be finalized in March 2011.