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Nov. 16 - Norway to prohibit 18 hazardous substances

November 15th, 2007

Electronics Supply and Manufacturing on new regulations from Norway. The full article is an absolute must-read for anyone doing business in Norway; here are the hilights:

There are six hazardous substances that the electronics industry has been struggling to phase-out for a couple of years now: lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, and the flame retardants polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE). This is per the European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive, which restricted the use of the substances in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) to certain maximum concentration values (MCV) in homogeneous material (0.01 % by weight for cadmium and 0.1% by weight for the other five substances).

Other jurisdictions followed or are following the European Community’s example, e.g. California (except for the flame retardants), Korea and China. Most recently, Norway created a proposal for new regulations restricting the use of not less than 18 substances in consumer goods…

Within the 18 restricted substances only two — lead and cadmium — are restricted under the EU RoHS directive. The 18 substances include:

  • Brominated flame retardants : hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) and tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA)
  • Chlorinated paraffins
  • Arsenic (and arsenic compounds)
  • Lead (and lead compounds)
  • Cadmium (and cadmium compounds)
  • Organic tin compounds: tributyltin compounds (TBT) and triphenyltin compounds
  • Fragrance substances: musk ketone and musk xylene
  • Perfluorinated compounds
  • Surfactants: DTDMAC, DODMAC/DSDMAC and DHTDMAC
  • Bisphenol
  • Diethylhexylphtalate (DEHP)
  • Pentachlorphenol
  • Triclosan

More information is availabel in the full article.

Posted in Consumer Labeling, Cosmetics Labeling, MSDS, Bisphenol A, Phthalates, Lead, Chromium, Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury | No Comments »

Mar. 16 - Wineries sued over lead glassware (Prop 65)

March 16th, 2006
A recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle discusses how wineries are being impacted by California’s Proposition 65:
“Dozens of California wineries are now among the hundreds of businesses that have been hit with what many are calling “predatory” lawsuits relating to lead in stemware.The lawsuits are based on the California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, also known as Proposition 65. Businesses that fail to provide proper warning signs about chemicals in glassware, including lead and cadmium, can be liable for penalties of up to $2,500 per violation per day, which when calculated based on the number of individual sales can be significant.Under the law, a party may file notice of an alleged violation and the state attorney general has 60 days to determine whether to take the case. If the attorney general does not take the case, the private party has a right to file a civil suit. Typically, the plaintiff’s attorney offers the defendant the opportunity to “settle.”
See the full article: San Francisco Chronicle.

Posted in United States, California, Prop 65, Hydrogen Peroxide, Cadmium | No Comments »