Washington State product legislation now in force

Children’s products intended to be in prolonged contact with the skin are classified as Tier 2 items.

The Washington State Children’s Safe Products Act (CSPA) is now in operation. The August 31st 2012 deadline has now passed for the largest manufacturers of ‘Tier 1’ products to report the presence of chemicals of high concern to children (CHCC) to the State’s Department of Ecology. This applies to companies with annual aggregate gross sales, both within and outside of Washington State, of more than $1 billion. ‘Tier 1’ products are defined as ‘children’s products intended to be put into a child’s mouth, or applied to a child’s body, or any mouthable product intended for children who are age three or under’.

The next stage of reporting occurs in February 2013 for the largest manufacturers of ‘Tier 2’ items (‘children’s products intended to be in prolonged direct contact with a child’s skin for more than one hour’), and ‘larger’ manufacturers of Tier 1 products – companies with annual aggregate gross sales, both within and outside of Washington State, of more than $250 million but less than or equal to $1 billion.

The CHCC reporting list currently contains 66 substances, many of which also appear on both the REACH SVHC list and the California Proposition 65.

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This article was originally published on page 3 of the October 2012 issue of SATRA Bulletin.

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