In June 2014, the US state of Vermont signed the S.239 bill into law to require a manufacturer of a children’s product or a trade association representing a manufacturer of children’s products to report the presence of chemicals of high concern to children (CHCC) to the Department of Health (DOH).

According to the Act, reporting is required if the CHCC is in an accessible component of a children’s product, and is:

• Intentionally added and is greater than the practical quantification limit (PQL)

• A contaminant that is equal to or greater than 100 ppm

Recently, Vermont Department of Health adopted the changes in its rule amendment of the chemical disclosure program for children’s products, and the amendment will be effective on 15 August 2019.

Key changes included:  

• Twenty chemicals are added into the Chemicals of High Concern in Children’s Products (CHCC) list, increasing the list to 86 chemicals;

• Disclosure report must include Global Product Classification (GPC) product brick description;

• The brand name, product model and the Universal Product Code (UPC) (if the product has such a code) shall also be disclosed;

• Reporting deadline is on or before 31 August 2020 and annually thereafter.

The newly added 20 CHCCs listed below:

• Bisphenol S

• Dicyclohexyl phthalate

• Diisobutyl phthalate

• Triphenyl phosphate

• Tris (2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate

• Tri-n-butyl phosphate

• Dipentyl phthalate

• Perfluorooctanoic acid

• Bisphenol F

• Ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate

• Tricresyl phosphate

• Tris (1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate

• Bis (2-ethylhexyl) tetrabromophthalate

• Bis (chloromethyl) propane-1,3-diyl tetrakis-(2-chloroethyl) bis (phosphate)

• Isopropylated triphenyl phosphate

• Decabromodiphenyl ethane

• Short-chain chlorinated paraffins; Chlorinated paraffins

• 2-ethylhexyl-2,3,4,5-tetrabromobenzoate

• Lead and lead compounds

• Di-(2-methoxyethyl) phthalate

URL：https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/CHCCP%20clean%20rule_7.11.19.pdf

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