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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 goodsAll sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read · no known gaps
No cookware or food-packaging ban enacted.
- PFAS Reduction Act
No known gaps in the rule areas we track for home and kitchen goods.
Cosmetics and personal careMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read
- PFAS in cosmetics from 2032-01-01 (PA 104-0231, stored)
Other rules that may apply.
Packaged food and beveragesMain sources
Illinois (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Consumer electronics and small appliancesMain sources
Illinois (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Batteries, e-bikes and power banksMain sources
Illinois (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
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The product's package and packaging components have no intentionally introduced lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium, and the four together are at most 100 ppm
Must meet the conditions of Toxics in packaging: beginning July 1, 1994, no product may be offered for sale or for promotional purposes in Illinois by its manufacturer or distributor in a package whose package or packaging components include any ink, dye, pigment, adhesive, stabilizer or other additive containing intentionally introduced lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium (21.5(c)); no product in a package may be offered if the four, not intentionally introduced, exceed 100 ppm by weight from July 1, 1996 (21.5(d)(3)); a certificate of compliance is furnished by the package manufacturer or supplier to its distributor (21.5(g)).
Exemptions (1)
Packaging components (strapping, seals, fasteners and other industrial packaging components) for a product destined for commercial use
“(5) Packaging components, including but not limited to strapping, seals, fasteners, and other industrial packaging components intended to protect, secure, close, unitize or provide pilferage protection for any product destined for commercial use.”
Official text, current to 15 Apr 2025. Faithful copy: Internet Archive capture 2025-04-15 (id_ form) of the official ILCS section page; ilga.gov does not answer this network.
- You offer the product in Illinois in a package (415 ILCS 5/21.5(c): "no product may be offered for sale or for promotional purposes in this State by its manufacturer or distributor in Illinois in a package"); a product sold with no packaging has nothing to comply
In force since 1 Jul 1994
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jul 1994
21.5(c): "Beginning July 1, 1994"; 100 ppm from July 1, 1996 (21.5(d)(3)).
“(c) Beginning July 1, 1994, no product may be offered for sale or for promotional purposes in this State by its manufacturer or distributor in Illinois in a package that includes, in the package itself or in any of its packaging components, any ink, dye, pigment, adhesive, stabilizer, or other additive that contains lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium that has been intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution.”
- Conformity
The product's package and packaging components have no intentionally introduced lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium, and the four together are at most 100 ppm
Must meet the conditions of Toxics in packaging: beginning July 1, 1994, no product may be offered for sale or for promotional purposes in Illinois by its manufacturer or distributor in a package whose package or packaging components include any ink, dye, pigment, adhesive, stabilizer or other additive containing intentionally introduced lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium (21.5(c)); no product in a package may be offered if the four, not intentionally introduced, exceed 100 ppm by weight from July 1, 1996 (21.5(d)(3)); a certificate of compliance is furnished by the package manufacturer or supplier to its distributor (21.5(g)).
Exemptions (1)
Packaging components (strapping, seals, fasteners and other industrial packaging components) for a product destined for commercial use
“(5) Packaging components, including but not limited to strapping, seals, fasteners, and other industrial packaging components intended to protect, secure, close, unitize or provide pilferage protection for any product destined for commercial use.”
415 ILCS 5/21.5(e)(5) · fetched 2026-10-27Illinois General Assembly: 415 ILCS 5/21.5(opens in a new tab) Official text, current to 15 Apr 2025. Faithful copy: Internet Archive capture 2025-04-15 (id_ form) of the official ILCS section page; ilga.gov does not answer this network.
- Applies when
- You offer the product in Illinois in a package (415 ILCS 5/21.5(c): "no product may be offered for sale or for promotional purposes in this State by its manufacturer or distributor in Illinois in a package"); a product sold with no packaging has nothing to comply
- Effective
In force since 1 Jul 1994
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jul 1994
21.5(c): "Beginning July 1, 1994"; 100 ppm from July 1, 1996 (21.5(d)(3)).
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“(c) Beginning July 1, 1994, no product may be offered for sale or for promotional purposes in this State by its manufacturer or distributor in Illinois in a package that includes, in the package itself or in any of its packaging components, any ink, dye, pigment, adhesive, stabilizer, or other additive that contains lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium that has been intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution.”
415 ILCS 5/21.5(c) · fetched 2026-10-27Illinois General Assembly: 415 ILCS 5/21.5(opens in a new tab)
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- Illinois Compiled Statutes 410 ILCS 48 (Brominated Fire Retardant Prevention Act), Section 15(opens in a new tab)Illinois General Assembly · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Illinois Compiled Statutes 415 ILCS 5/21.5 (toxic packaging reduction)(opens in a new tab)Illinois General Assembly · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Illinois Public Act 104-0231 (HB 2516), amending the PFAS Reduction Act (415 ILCS 170)(opens in a new tab)Illinois General Assembly · Statute (PDF)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
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