Carcinogenic Flame Retardant Prohibition Amendment Act of 2016

The Council of Washington D.C. has announced that “Carcinogenic Flame Retardant Prohibition Amendment Act of 2016” is now an official law numbered L21-0108. This action takes place after the Mayor’s approval in March this year and pre-enactment review by the Congress. All the provisions in the act shall be enforced accordingly. When the law is enforced, children’s products and residential upholstered furniture manufactured, distributed or sold in the state shall not contain product components with more than 1000 ppm of any of the following flame retardants...

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