Under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, several phthalates used as plasticizers were banned from products intended for children 12 years old and younger. Products have to be tested ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”), by unanimous vote, has approved a final rule providing that seven plastics in children’s toys and child care articles will no longer require third ...

Mounting public and regulatory concerns regarding widespread phthalate exposure may result in a rapid expansion of regulatory and litigation risk for impacted businesses. Phthalates are chemicals ...

A few months have passed since Lumber Liquidators suspended sales of laminate flooring sourced from China pending its investigation after a 60 Minutes report accused the retailer of selling floors ...

More than ever, people are worried about how all the chemicals we're exposed to are affecting our health: among them a family of chemicals known as phthalates, which are used in everyday plastics. Not ...

Children’s toys and child care products will soon have fewer chemicals in them. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted Wednesday to ban five kinds of phthalate chemicals from these ...

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Bill SF 188, if passed, would require food manufacturers to test their products for phthalates and submit a notice to the Department of Agriculture. Minnesota state Senator Heather Gustafson is hoping ...

Phthalates, the chemical agents that make some plastics flexible and help hold a perfume's scent, have come under considerable scrutiny recently. Some researchers have suggested that phthalates may ...