A bill to expand the prohibition on the manufacture, distribution, and importation of children's products that contain phthalates, and for other purposes.
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Mar 12, 2014)
Amends the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to expand the prohibition against the manufacture, distribution, or importation of any children's toy or child care articles containing specified phthalates to include any children's products containing those chemicals. Expands also the list of prohibited phthalates.
Declares that such prohibition shall not apply to any component of a children's product (currently, only of a children's toy or child care article) that is not accessible to a child through normal and reasonably foreseeable use and abuse of that product.
What just happenedMar 12, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateMar 12, 2014
- Mar 12, 2014IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Mar 12, 2014IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate