The Vermont Department of Health has approved to amend the Chemicals of High Concern in Children’s Products Rule (Code of Vermont Rules CVR 13-140-077), and shall be effective on 15 August 2019. The key points are as follows:

1. Twenty substances shall be added to the list of Chemicals of High Concern to Children:

• a) Bisphenol S
• b) Dicyclohexyl phthalate
• c) Diisobutyl phthalate
• d) Triphenyl phosphate
• e) Tris (2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate
• f) Tri-n-butyl phosphate
• g) Dipentyl phthalate
• h) Perfluorooctanoic acid
• i) Bisphenol F
• j) Ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate
• k) Tricresyl phosphate
• l) Tris (1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate
• m) Bis (2-ethylhexyl) tetrabromophthalate
• n) Bis (chloromethyl) propane-1,3-diyl tetrakis-(2-chloroethyl) bis (phosphate)
• o) Isopropylated triphenyl phosphate
• p) Decabromodiphenyl ethane
• q) Short-chain chlorinated paraffins; Chlorinated paraffins
• r) 2-ethylhexyl-2,3,4,5-tetrabromobenzoate
• s) Lead and lead compoumds
• t) Di-(2-methoxyethyl) phthalate

2. The disclosure notice which report information on the listed chemicals in children’s products shall contain:

• a) Description of the product or product component containing the chemical. This description shall include Global Product Classification (GPC) product brick description.
• b) Brand name, product model, and the universal product code (UPC) if the product has such a code.

3. The rule reiterates the next submission deadline of the disclosure report shall be 31 August 2020 (regarding products sold between 1 September 2018 and 31 August 2020), and the subsequent submissions shall continue annually thereafter.

4. The department may adopt a rule to regulate the sale or distribution of a children’s product containing a chemical of high concern to children depending on the degree and frequency of exposure to children. Such rule may:

• a) Prohibit the children’s product from sale, offer for sale or distribution in Vermont; or
• b) Require the children’s product to be labelled before sale, offer for sale or distribution in Vermont.

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