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chemical phthalate makes a great difference
whether it is barred from use or not. The exact
phthalate chemical names and their acronyms
are therefore included in this article.
Current CPSC Phthalate Rules
In February 2009, section 108(a) of the
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
(CPSIA) went into effect and made it unlaw-
ful to manufacture for sale, offer for sale, dis-
tribute in commerce or import into the U.S.
any “children’s toy or child care article” that
contains more than 0.1 percent of di(2-ethyl-
hexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate
(DBP) or butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP).
These three phthalates were permanently
prohibited under the CPSIA and are also
banned under the proposed rule.
Section 108(b)(1), on an interim basis, pro-
hibited the manufacture for sale, offer for sale,
distribution in commerce or importation into
the U.S. of “any toy that can be placed in a
child’s mouth” or “child care article” which has
a concentration of more than 0.1 percent of
diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl phtha-
late (DIDP) or di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP).
A “children’s toy” is defined in the CPSIA
as “a consumer product designed or intended
by the manufacturer for a child 12 years of
age or younger for use by the child when the
child plays.”—Section 108(g)(1)(B).
A “child care article” is “a consumer prod-
uct designed or intended by the manufacturer
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Phthalate
Current CPSC Rule
Proposed CPSC Rule
DEHP - (di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate)
Permanently banned under CPSIA No change - remains banned for all children’s
toys and child care articles
DBP - (dibutyl phthalate )
Permanently banned under CPSIA No change - remains banned for all children’s
toys and child care articles
BBP - (butyl benzyl phthalate)
Permanently banned under CPSIA No change - remains banned for all children’s
toys and child care articles
DINP - (diisononyl phthalate)
Banned, on interim basis under
Interim ban changed to permanent ban —
CPSIA, only for toys that can be
expanded to all children’s toys and child care
mouthed or child care articles
articles
DIDP - (diisodecyl phthalate)
Banned, on interim basis under
Not banned
CPSIA, only for toys that can be
mouthed or child care articles
DNOP - (di-
n
-octyl phthalate)
Banned, on interim basis under
Not banned
CPSIA, only for toys that can be
mouthed or child care articles
DIBP - (diisobutyl phthalate)
Not banned under CPSIA
Banned for all children’s toys and child care
articles
DPENP - (di-
n
-pentyl phthalate)
Not banned under CPSIA
Banned for all children’s toys and child care
articles
DHEXP - (di-
n
-hexyl phthalate)
Not banned under CPSIA
Banned for all children’s toys and child care
articles
DCHP - (dicyclohexyl phthalate)
Not banned under CPSIA
Banned for all children’s toys and child care
articles
DIOP - (diisooctyl phthalate)
Not banned under CPSIA
Not banned
DMP - (dimenthyl phthalate)
Not banned under CPSIA
Not banned
DEP - (diethyl phthalate)
Not banned under CPSIA
Not banned
DPHP - (di(2-propyl) heptyl phthalate) Not banned under CPSIA
Not banned