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ClaraDB gives a verdict only for PFAS state laws for cookware and bakeware, California Proposition 65 consumer-product warning check for BPA, BPS, formaldehyde, styrene, antimony trioxide, vinyl acetate, lead and cadmium, California Proposition 65 warning check for candles and ceramicware (lead, cadmium, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzene, naphthalene, carbon monoxide, benzo[a]pyrene), US packaging EPR producer size thresholds (California, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington) for a brand-owning manufacturer, US lead in children's products and furniture (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in toys and child care articles (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in children's products (other) and bags (lead paint and total lead content), US phthalates in children's toys and child care articles (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP, DCHP) and US children's product certificate and tracking label for children's tableware (AI-checked, quotes verified word for word). Every other answer shows the laws and quotes found without saying whether they apply. Not checked: Consumer electronics (FCC equipment authorization, 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15, energy rules). What ClaraDB has checked
Home and kitchen goodsMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read · 1 not read yet
- PFAS in plant-fibre food packaging (Act 152 of 2022)
- Other state chemical and product-safety laws for home and kitchen goods (not yet reviewed)
Cosmetics and personal careMain sources
Hawaii (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Packaged food and beveragesMain sources
Hawaii (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Consumer electronics and small appliancesMain sources
Hawaii (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Batteries, e-bikes and power banksMain sources
Hawaii (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
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The product, and any flame-retarded part of it, contains no more than 0.1 percent pentaBDE or octaBDE by mass
Must meet the conditions of PBDE flame retardants: on or after January 1, 2006, a person may not manufacture, process, or distribute in commerce in Hawaii a product, or a flame-retarded part of a product, containing more than one-tenth of one per cent, by mass, of pentaBDE or octaBDE (HRS 332D-2)
Official text, current to 8 Feb 2025. Faithful copy: Internet Archive capture 2025-02-08 (id_ form) of the official HRS section page; capitol.hawaii.gov answered 403 to curl on 2026-10-27.
Every product in the category
In force since 1 Jan 2006
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2006
Stated: “On or after January 1, 2006”.
“On or after January 1, 2006, a person may not manufacture, process, or distribute in commerce a product, or a flame-retarded part of a product, containing more than one-tenth of one per cent, by mass, of pentaBDE, octaBDE, or any other chemical formulation that is part of these classifications.”
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The product, and any flame-retarded part of it, contains no more than 0.1 percent pentaBDE or octaBDE by mass
Must meet the conditions of PBDE flame retardants: on or after January 1, 2006, a person may not manufacture, process, or distribute in commerce in Hawaii a product, or a flame-retarded part of a product, containing more than one-tenth of one per cent, by mass, of pentaBDE or octaBDE (HRS 332D-2)
Official text, current to 8 Feb 2025. Faithful copy: Internet Archive capture 2025-02-08 (id_ form) of the official HRS section page; capitol.hawaii.gov answered 403 to curl on 2026-10-27.
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Every product in the category
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In force since 1 Jan 2006
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2006
Stated: “On or after January 1, 2006”.
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“On or after January 1, 2006, a person may not manufacture, process, or distribute in commerce a product, or a flame-retarded part of a product, containing more than one-tenth of one per cent, by mass, of pentaBDE, octaBDE, or any other chemical formulation that is part of these classifications.”
HRS §332D-2 · fetched 2026-10-27Hawaii State Legislature: Haw. Rev. Stat. 332D-2(opens in a new tab)
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- Hawaii 2022 Act 152 (HB 1644 CD1), PFAS in food packaging and Class B firefighting foam (HRS 321-601 to 321-604)(opens in a new tab)Hawaii State Legislature (conference draft as enacted; Internet Archive capture) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Hawaii Revised Statutes 332D-2 (restriction on manufacture or distribution of pentaBDE and octaBDE)(opens in a new tab)Hawaii State Legislature · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
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