California Safer Products Reg Produces Mixed Bag Of First-Time Alternative Analysis Findings

The California DTSC has issued a notice of deficiency for the first preliminary alternatives analysis report submitted under the Safer Consumer Products regulation. That report does identify a possible replacement for methylene chloride use in paint strippers, in contrast to an abridged AA report from makers of spray polyurethane foams that claims there is no viable alternative for unreacted methylene diphenyl diisocyanates.