Consumer Product Safety Commission rules

US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) (1992) Labeling requirements for art materials presenting chronic hazards guidelines for determining chronic toxicity of products subject to the FHSA supplementary definition of toxic under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act final rules. Federal Register 57 46626—46674 (1992). 

Several countries have been given restrictions on the use of compounds because of potential toxic effects in humans. In the European Community, the use of tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate (EC Directive 76/769/EEC) and tris(l-aziridinyl)phosphine oxide (EC Directive 83/264/EEC) in textiles has been banned. In 1977, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the use of tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate in children s clothing (ICPS, 1995). The European Community has also banned the use of PBBs in textiles (EC Directive 83/264/EEC). Several countries have either taken or proposed regulatory actions on PBBs. In addition, controls on the emissions of dioxins and furans from municipal solid waste incinerators have been implemented in the United Kingdom under the Environmental Protection Act (1990). Germany has developed rules for the maximum content of selected 2,3,7, and 8 substituted polychlorinated dibenzo-pura-dioxins and dibenzofurans in products. Recently, the European Commission has issued a proposal to ban the production and use of PentaBDE. In U.S. A., on the other hand, there are currently no regulations on PBDE production or use. PBBs have not been used widely in Europe and also in U.S.A. the production of the main mixture, hexabromobiphenyl (Firemaster BP-6), ceased in 1974, after the Michigan disaster. ... 

As the result of a lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club," the EPA issued a rule under TSCA 8(d) concerning lead and lead compounds. Under this rule, entities that manufacturer or import consumer products intended for children, and who also manufacture or import lead or lead compounds, were required to submit unpublished health and safety data to the EPA." The rule did not apply to manufacturers or importers of children s jewelry containing lead because lead in children s jewelry had aheady been regulated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The EPA later clarified that the rule only applied to products for children that also contained lead or lead products." As is the case with all TSCA 8(d) rules requiring submission of unpublished health and safety data, that rule was only in effect for a Umited period of time. 

In the United States, the implementation involves four federal agencies the Occupational and Safety Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Transportation, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, but the key agency affecting laboratories is OSHA. OSHA issued a notice of proposed rule-making in October 2009. 

Fire in cotton mattresses and bedding causes a great many deaths. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in the United States has introduced rules to improve fire safety by utilizing absorbed boric acid as a fire retardant for cotton mattresses. 

Solvent base contact cements are among the most hazardous adhesives to use on the job site. Frequently, adequate ventilation is difflcult to achieve and accumulation of vapors can result in fire and/or explosion. This characteristic became such a problem a few years ago that the federal government, through the CPSC (Consumer Products Safety Commission), banned contact cements with flash points below 20 °F from the consumer markets. This ruling has resulted in broader acceptance of chlorinated solvent contact cements. The small increase in price is well worth the reduction in hazard from flammability and explosion. Chlorinated contact cements resemble flammable contact cements in both application and ultimate properties. 

Michael J. Gidding Andrea S. Paterson, Reliance on Voluntary Standards and the Consumer Product Safety Commission A Concept that May Have Outlived Its Time (If it Ever Had One to Begin With), 34 BNA PSLR1212 (2006) CPSC Votes to Reform, Streamline In-House Voluntary Standards Practices, 34 BNA PSLR 687 (2006) (statistics) Jane Hadley, Voluntary Standards Rule the Industry, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 25, 2001, at A14. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, Standard for the Flammability of Residential Upholstered Furniture, Proposed Rule, 73 Fed. Reg. 11,702 (2008) Directorate for Engineering Sciences, CPSC, Briefing Package, Standard for the Flammability of Clothing Textiles, ANPR to Amend and Update (2002). 

Perhaps the most important provision of Section 15 is subsection (b), under which manufacturers, distributors or retailers of products that may present a substantial product hazard are required to submit reports to the Commission. Section 15(b) provides that companies must immediately inform the Commission when they obtain information which reasonably supports the conclusion that a product that they manufacture, distribute or retail either fails to comply with an applicable consumer product safety rule or contains a defect which could create a substantial product hazard. The only exception to this requirement is where the company involved has actual knowledge that the Commission has been adequately informed of such defect or failure to comply. ... 

Section 27(e) provides that [t]he Commission may by rule require any manufacturer of consumer products to provide. . . such performance and technical data related to performance and safety as may be required. .. Having obtained such data from manufacturers, the Commission may then require manufacturers to provide appropriate notification of the data to prospective purchasers of the products involved. 

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