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

17 Sep 2019

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.

Manufacturers of toluene-containing nail care, 1,4-dioxane-tainted cosmetics or other products formulated with Candidate Chemicals under California’s Safer Consumer Products (SCP) regulation could benefit from tracking initial industry efforts to satisfy the regulation’s alternative analysis (AA) requirements in other product categories.

How those AAs play out also could be of interest to NGOs and California lawmakers, particularly advocates for SCP reforms that would expedite the program’s goals by enabling the Department of Toxic Substances Control

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