SubTitle21a-336. Banned Hazardous Substances  


Sec. 21a-336-1. Banned hazardous substances
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Under authority of General Statutes, Section 21-336 (c), the Commissioner of Consumer Protection declares as a banned hazardous substance the following articles because the degree or nature of the hazard involved in the presence or use of such articles is such that labeling adequate to protect the public health and safety cannot be devised. As a banned hazardous substance, such articles shall be removed from commerce as of the effective date of each Subsection:

(a) products containing butyl nitrite intended, or packaged in a form suitable, for use in a household as an odorant, deodorant, air freshener, odorizer or for any other purpose whereby such products are intended, or their primary functional purpose is, to be breathed, inhaled or sniffed;

(b) any paint or other similar surface-coating materials for consumer use that contain lead or lead compounds and in which the lead content (calculated as lead metal) is in excess of 0.06 percent of the weight of the total nonvolatile content of the paint or the weight of the dried paint film;

(c) Obsolete.

(d) any stuffed toy consisting of cotton, wool, hair, feathers, down, rubber, foam, man-made or manufactured fibers, or miscellaneous fibers which contains any detectable level of kerosene, as determined by the application of the best technology available;

(e) any stuffed toy consisting of cotton, wool, hair, feathers, down, rubber, foam, man-made or manufactured fibers, or miscellaneous fibers which contains any detectable level of polychlorinated biphenals (pcb's), as determined by the application of the best technology available.

(Effective August 25, 1986)