Phthalates Analysis
Beginning in 2009, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) has mandated limits on the permissible content of phthalates in certain consumer products. In Section 108: Products Containing Certain Phthalates , it is stated that three phthalates, DEHP, DBP, and BBP, have been permanently prohibited by Congress in concentration of more than 0.1% in "children's toys" or "child care articles." A "children's toy" means a product intended for a child 12 years of age or younger for use when playing, and a "child care article" means a product that a child 3 and younger would use for sleeping, feeding, sucking or teething.
Three additional phthalates, DINP, DIDP, and DnOP, have been prohibited pending further study and review by a group of outside experts and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. This interim prohibition applies to child care articles or toys that can be placed in a child's mouth or brought to the mouth and kept in the mouth so that it can be sucked or chewed that contains a concentration of more than 0.1% of the above phthalates.
Children's toys and child care articles manufactured on or after February 10, 2009, will need a general conformity certification based on a "test of each product or a reasonable testing program." Starting in September 2009, children's toys and child care articles will have to be certified based on third-party testing of the product by accredited third-party laboratories.
Polymer Solutions is ISO/IEC 17025 accredited and will perform the required testing of your products of concern. We have been providing data for polymers since 1987 and have a validated phthalate analysis procedure for your consumer product of interest. We will utilize our state of the art Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer (GC/MS) to provide you the required data and certification you need. Our GC/MS analytical equipment is the most sensitive in the industry, capable of detecting specific chemical compounds at the parts-per-million level. We have proven expertise in phthalates analysis and provide QC results to clients, routinely. Let us help you with your product challenges, today! Rapid turnaround is available.
Applications:
- Children's toys (CPSIA section 108)
- Child Care products