New Bill Would Require Disclosure of Flame Retardants in Children’s Sleepwear
On December 16, 2011, Senator Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced S. 2012, the Children’s Sleepwear Labeling Act of 2011, which would require that labels on children’s sleepwear that indicate the sleepwear is flame resistant to include the chemical name of the flame retardant used.
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S. 2012 would require the CPSC, not later than one year after enactment, to prescribe a regulation under 15 USC 1193 (Flammable Fabrics Act, Section 4) that requires each manufacturer of children’s sleepwear that is flame resistant and uses a chemical treatment to achieve such flame resistance, to:
- include a label on such sleepwear that indicates that such sleepwear is flame resistant; and
- include on such label the chemical name of the flame retardant used to make such sleepwear flame resistant.
(The term children’s sleepwear in S. 2012 has the meaning given the term in 16 CFR 1615.1(a), or any successor regulation.)
Senator Gillibrand’s press release available here