Learn how different US states are legislating to identify & reduce the use of potentially harmful chemicals in consumer products, particularly children’s products.

1. Chemical Reporting USA:
New Regulations on Chemicals of
Concern, Priority Chemicals &
Safer Alternatives
April 2013
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2. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
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State Regulations
In the absence of federal efforts to expand the reach of the
TSCA, several US states introduced legislation designed
to identify and reduce the use of potentially harmful
chemicals in consumer products, particularly children’s
products.
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3. Maine & Washington
• Enacted laws and promulgated regulations
requiring children’s product manufacturers to
report on the use of designated, potentially
harmful chemicals in children’s products
California
• Is on the verge of implementing its sweeping
“Safer Consumer Products” regulations on
chemicals in all consumer products
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4. The Same
• These state programs share a common purpose -
to protect consumers from harmful chemicals -
but…
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5. …Different Approaches
• Maine law calls for the selection of a few priority
chemicals and requires reporting only for product
categories designated specifically for each
chemical
• Washington regulations require reporting for a
larger list of chemicals of high concern – initially
66 – with reporting phased in depending on the
product type and the size of the manufacturer
• California regulations do not contain any initial
requirements, but provide an expansive
framework for controlling chemicals in all
consumer products
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6. Other States
• Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York,
Oregon and Vermont – will consider legislation to
require reporting of potentially harmful chemicals
in children’s products this year
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7. US EPA
• Has created a chemical work plan list of
substances that it will subject to risk assessments
over the coming years
• It contains most if not all of the chemicals of high
concern identified thus far in state regulations or
legislation
• While EPA does not have the authority to ban
hazardous chemicals outright, it can, in
conjunction with the CPSC, FDA and OSHA,
make products containing hazardous chemicals
nearly unmarketable through warnings, recalls,
and workplace restrictions
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22/04/2013

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