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USA Oregon recently updated the Toxic Free Kids Act. This Act requires manufacturers of children’s products sold in Oregon to report products that contain one or more high priority chemicals of concern for children’s health (HPCCCH). The total number of HPCCCH1 was revised to 68 and this would come into effect by 1 January 2019. Moreover, the notification requirements and the Exemption Request fee2 were also updated and took effect from 1 October 2018.
As reported in August 2018, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) proposed the updates3 and called for public comments. The adopted amendment is the same as the proposal. The HPCCCH list should be reviewed every three years since it became effective. The OHA is required to consider changes from Washington State’s list of Chemicals of High Concern to Children (CHCC). As a result, the OHA only added five chemicals that were added to the CHCC list and removed the three chemicals. Please refer to Table 1 and 2 for details. The Toxic Free Kids Act requires manufacturers to report bi-annually and the next reporting due day will be on 1 January 2020. This is subject to children’s product sold or offered for sale between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2019.
The notification requirements are also highlighted as follows:
Chemical Name |
CAS No |
Potential Application |
Bisphenol S (BPS) |
80-90-1 |
• A replacement of Bisphenol A • Used to make baby bottles, personal care products, thermal paper |
Triphenyl phosphate (TPP) |
115-86-6 |
• Used a plasticizing flame retardant in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) • Used as a flame retardant in other polymers, textiles, polyurethane foam, electronic circuit boards, photographic films |
Tris(1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TCPP) |
13674-84-5 |
• Used an additive flame retardant used in polyurethane furniture foam, textiles, apparel, leather, electronics, and rigid polyurethane foam insulation |
Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) |
85535-84-8 |
• Used as a flame retardant • Used as a secondary plasticiser of PVC |
2-ethylhexyl-2,3,4,5-tetrabromobenzoate (TBB) |
183658-27-7 |
• A replacement of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in flexible polyurethane foam |
Table 2. Three Chemicals removed from the HPCCCH list
Chemical Name |
CAS No |
Phthalic anhydride |
85-44-9 |
Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane |
556-67-2 |
Molybdenum and molybdenum compounds |
7439-98-7 |
[2] Revision to notification amendment and fee
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