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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 products (38 MRSA 1614)
- DEP Chapter 90 currently-unavoidable-use notifications (condition not expressible yet)
Cosmetics and personal careMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read · 1 not read yet
- PFAS in products including cosmetics (38 MRSA 1614, stored)
- DEP Chapter 90 unavoidable-use notices
Packaged food and beveragesMain sources
Maine (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Consumer electronics and small appliancesMain sources
Maine (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Batteries, e-bikes and power banksMain sources
Maine (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
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The product contains no more than 0.1 percent of the penta or octa mixtures of polybrominated diphenyl ethers
Must meet the conditions of PBDE flame retardants: effective January 1, 2006, a person may not sell or offer to sell, or distribute for promotional purposes, in Maine a product containing more than 0.1% of the penta or octa mixtures of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (38 M.R.S. 1609(1))
Exemptions (3)
Used products.
“Used products;”
Products whose PBDE content is due solely to recycled material (except as subsection 5-A provides).
“Except as provided in subsection 5‑A, products if the presence of polybrominated diphenyl ether is due solely to the use of recycled material; or”
Replacement parts with penta or octa PBDE for products manufactured before January 1, 2006.
Replacement parts that contain the "octa" or "penta" mixtures of polybrominated diphenyl ether if the parts are for use in a product manufactured before January 1, 2006.
Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Maine Revisor section page (data extracted 10/05/2026).
Every product in the category
In force since 1 Jan 2006
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2006
Stated: “Effective January 1, 2006” (subsection 1). The deca-mixture restrictions in subsections 4 and 5 (furniture, television or computer housings, pallets) do not reach the test products and are not stored.
Effective January 1, 2006, a person may not sell or offer to sell, or distribute for promotional purposes, a product containing more than 0.1% of the "penta" or "octa" mixtures of polybrominated diphenyl ethers.
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The product contains no more than 0.1 percent of the penta or octa mixtures of polybrominated diphenyl ethers
Must meet the conditions of PBDE flame retardants: effective January 1, 2006, a person may not sell or offer to sell, or distribute for promotional purposes, in Maine a product containing more than 0.1% of the penta or octa mixtures of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (38 M.R.S. 1609(1))
Exemptions (3)
Used products.
“Used products;”
38 M.R.S. 1609(11)(A) · fetched 2026-10-27Maine Legislature (Office of the Revisor of Statutes): 38 M.R.S. 1609(1)(opens in a new tab) Products whose PBDE content is due solely to recycled material (except as subsection 5-A provides).
“Except as provided in subsection 5‑A, products if the presence of polybrominated diphenyl ether is due solely to the use of recycled material; or”
38 M.R.S. 1609(11)(B) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-27Maine Legislature (Office of the Revisor of Statutes): 38 M.R.S. 1609(1)(opens in a new tab) Replacement parts with penta or octa PBDE for products manufactured before January 1, 2006.
Replacement parts that contain the "octa" or "penta" mixtures of polybrominated diphenyl ether if the parts are for use in a product manufactured before January 1, 2006.
38 M.R.S. 1609(11)(C) · fetched 2026-10-27Maine Legislature (Office of the Revisor of Statutes): 38 M.R.S. 1609(1)(opens in a new tab) Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Maine Revisor section page (data extracted 10/05/2026).
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Every product in the category
- Effective
In force since 1 Jan 2006
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2006
Stated: “Effective January 1, 2006” (subsection 1). The deca-mixture restrictions in subsections 4 and 5 (furniture, television or computer housings, pallets) do not reach the test products and are not stored.
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Effective January 1, 2006, a person may not sell or offer to sell, or distribute for promotional purposes, a product containing more than 0.1% of the "penta" or "octa" mixtures of polybrominated diphenyl ethers.
38 M.R.S. 1609(1) · fetched 2026-10-27Maine Legislature (Office of the Revisor of Statutes): 38 M.R.S. 1609(1)(opens in a new tab)
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Sources
Where the rules come from, and when we last checked each source.
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 11, 2-316 (exclusion or modification of warranties; (5) consumer goods)(opens in a new tab)Maine Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 32, chapter 26-A, 1731 to 1740 (toxics in packaging)(opens in a new tab)Maine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 38, 1609 (restrictions on sale and distribution of brominated flame retardants)(opens in a new tab)Maine Legislature (Office of the Revisor of Statutes) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Maine 38 MRSA 1614 (PFAS in consumer products)(opens in a new tab)Maine Legislature · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked · 2 versions kept
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 38, 1617 (Battery stewardship program)(opens in a new tab)Maine Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
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- Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 chapter 16-D (toxic chemicals in children's products, sections 1691-1699-B)(opens in a new tab)Maine Legislature (Revisor of Statutes) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 38, section 2146, Stewardship program for packaging (packaging extended producer responsibility)(opens in a new tab)Maine Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 38, 2166 (Rechargeable consumer products)(opens in a new tab)Maine Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Maine DEP Chapter 90 (as amended, filing 2025-191, effective 2025-10-07), PFAS in products(opens in a new tab)Maine Department of Environmental Protection · Regulation (Word)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked · 2 versions kept
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