Children's Chemical Risk Reduction Act - Requires any children's product or child care article that contains a phthalate to be treated as a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. Applies certain prohibitions of that Act to such product article.
Provides that, if a manufacturer modifies a children's product or child care article that contains a phthalate to comply with such ban, it shall: (1) use an alternative to phthalates that is the least toxic; and (2) not use any of specified prohibited alternatives to phthalates.
[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4030 Introduced in House (IH)]
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4030
To prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of
certain children's products and child care articles that contain
phthalates.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 31, 2007
Ms. Hooley (for herself, Ms. Solis, and Mr. Markey) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
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A BILL
To prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of
certain children's products and child care articles that contain
phthalates.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Chemical Risk Reduction
Act''.
SEC. 2. BAN ON CERTAIN PRODUCTS CONTAINING PHTHALATES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) phthalates are a class of chemicals used in polyvinyl
chloride (PVC) plastic to improve flexibility and in cosmetics
to bind fragrance to the product and are used in many products
intended for use by young children, including teethers, toys,
and soft plastic books;
(2) there is extensive scientific literature reporting the
hormone-disrupting effects of phthalates and substantial
evidence of phthalates found in humans at levels associated
with adverse effects.
(b) Banned Hazardous Substance.--Effective January 1, 2009, any
children's product or child care article that contains a phthalate
shall be treated as a banned hazardous substance under the Federal
Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. 1261 et seq.) and the prohibitions
contained in section 4 of such Act shall apply to such product article.
(c) Prohibition on Use of Certain Alternatives to Phthalates in
Children's Toys and Child-Care Products.--
(1) In general.--If a manufacturer modifies a children's
product or child care article that contains a phthalate to
comply with the ban under subsection (b), such manufacturer
shall--
(A) use an alternative to phthalates that is the
least toxic; and
(B) not use any of the prohibited alternatives to
phthalates described in paragraph (2).
(2) Prohibited alternatives to phthalates.--The prohibited
alternatives to phthalates described in this paragraph are the
following:
(A) Carcinogens rated by the Environmental
Protection Agency as Group A, Group B, or Group C
carcinogens.
(B) Substances described in the List of Chemicals
Evaluated for Carcinogenic Potential of the
Environmental Protection Agency as follows:
(i) Known to be human carcinogens.
(ii) Likely to be human carcinogens.
(iii) Suggestive of being human
carcinogens.
(C) Reproductive toxicants identified by the
Environmental Protection Agency that cause any of the
following:
(i) Birth defects.
(ii) Reproductive harm.
(iii) Developmental harm.
(d) Definitions.--As used in this Act--
(1) the term ``children's product'' means a toy or any
other product designed or intended by the manufacturer for use
by a child;
(2) the term ``child care article'' means any product
designed or intended by the manufacturer to facilitate sleep,
relaxation, or the feeding of children, or to help children
with sucking or teething; and
(3) the term ``children's product or child care article
that contains a phthalate'' means--
(A) a children's product or a child care article
any part of which contains any combination of di-(2-
ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP),
or benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) in concentrations
exceeding 0.1 percent; and
(B) a children's product or a child care article
intended for use by a child less than 3 years of age
that--
(i) can be placed in a child's mouth; and
(ii)(I) contains any combination of
diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl
phthalate (DIDP), or di-n-octyl phthalate
(DnOP), in concentrations exceeding 0.1
percent; or
(II) contains any combination of di-(2-
ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate
(DBP), benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), diisononyl
phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP),
or di-n-octyl phthalate (DnOP), in
concentrations exceeding 0.1 percent.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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