Regulatory Alert

Matrix of Pending Legislation to Restrict the Use of BFRs and Other Chemicals in the USA

January 7, 2006

A number of state legislatures in the U.S. considered and/or passed legislation in the 2005 session that would ban or restrict the use of certain chemicals in electronic products. Illinois, Maryland, and Oregon passed new bans on products containing brominated flame retardants (“BRFs”). The new legislation in these three states prohibits products containing more than 0.1% penta or octa brominated diphenyl ether (“BDE”) and requires state agencies to prepare reports on the use of deca BDE. Other states, such as Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Tennessee considered (but have not passed) legislation that would ban or restrict a wider range of chemicals, including lead, hexavalent chromium, cadmium, and persistent organic pollutants.

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