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CPSC Issues FR Notice on July 25-26 Phthalate Panel Meeting

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a Federal Register notice announcing the fifth meeting of the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) on phthalates on July 25-26, 2011. The CHAP is studying the effects on children's health of all phthalates…

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and phthalate alternatives as used in children's toys and child care articles. Its findings will be used to inform a future CPSC rulemaking on the topic, including whether to continue the interim bans on three phthalates in certain children's products, whether additional phthalates or phthalate alternatives should be prohibited, etc. The meeting will be webcast here. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/17/11 news, 11061728, for BP summary of CPSC's previous announcement of the meeting.)