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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 20252 areas read · 1 not read yet
No cookware PFAS law enacted.
- PFAS in food packaging (ECL 37-0209)
- PFAS in apparel (ECL 37-0121)
- other New York product laws
Cosmetics and personal careMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read · 2 not read yet
- US federal cosmetics law also applies in New York
- New York 1,4-dioxane limits for cosmetics and personal care products (ECL § 35-0105)
- other New York state law for personal care products
Packaged food and beveragesMain sources
New York (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Consumer electronics and small appliancesMain sources
New York (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Batteries, e-bikes and power banksMain sourcesfrom 16 Sep 20231 area read · 3 not read yet
New York City local law.
- NYC Local Law 39 of 2023 (sale, lease and rental of powered bicycles, powered mobility devices and storage batteries need UL 2849, UL 2272 and UL 2271 certification), enacted text
- Local Laws 49 and 50 of 2024 (FDNY enforcement), NYC Admin. Code consolidated text and DCWP rules
- New York State Rechargeable Battery Law (ECL art. 27 title 22) and state e-bike rules
- NYC Admin. Code 20-610 enforcement and penalties are not covered
- Also bound by
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The product's package and packaging components (inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers) hold no lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium above 100 ppm together
Must meet the conditions of Toxics in packaging: no product may be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by a manufacturer or distributor in New York in a package whose package or packaging components (inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers or other additives) include lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium added as an element during manufacture or distribution in excess of the subdivision 3 levels (37-0205(2)); the sum of the four in any package or packaging component may not exceed 100 parts per million by weight from January 1, 1994 (37-0205(3)).
Official text, current to 22 Sep 2014. nysenate.gov Laws of New York, most recent revision of 37-0205 shown as 2014-09-22.
- You offer the product in New York in a package (ECL 37-0205(2): "No product shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by a manufacturer or distributor in a package"); a product sold with no packaging has nothing to comply
In force since 1 Jan 1992
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 1992
ECL 37-0205(3): 600 ppm effective January 1, 1992; 250 ppm January 1, 1993; 100 ppm January 1, 1994.
“2. No product shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by a manufacturer or distributor in a package which includes, in the package itself or in any of its packaging components, inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers or any other additives to which lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium has been included as an element during manufacture or distribution in excess of the concentration levels set forth in subdivision three of this section.”
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The product's package and packaging components (inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers) hold no lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium above 100 ppm together
Must meet the conditions of Toxics in packaging: no product may be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by a manufacturer or distributor in New York in a package whose package or packaging components (inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers or other additives) include lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium added as an element during manufacture or distribution in excess of the subdivision 3 levels (37-0205(2)); the sum of the four in any package or packaging component may not exceed 100 parts per million by weight from January 1, 1994 (37-0205(3)).
Official text, current to 22 Sep 2014. nysenate.gov Laws of New York, most recent revision of 37-0205 shown as 2014-09-22.
- Applies when
- You offer the product in New York in a package (ECL 37-0205(2): "No product shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by a manufacturer or distributor in a package"); a product sold with no packaging has nothing to comply
- Effective
In force since 1 Jan 1992
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 1992
ECL 37-0205(3): 600 ppm effective January 1, 1992; 250 ppm January 1, 1993; 100 ppm January 1, 1994.
- Source
“2. No product shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by a manufacturer or distributor in a package which includes, in the package itself or in any of its packaging components, inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers or any other additives to which lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium has been included as an element during manufacture or distribution in excess of the concentration levels set forth in subdivision three of this section.”
ECL 37-0205(2) · fetched 2026-10-27New York State Senate (Open Legislation): N.Y. Envtl. Conserv. Law 37-0205(opens in a new tab)
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- New York ECL 37-0121 PFAS in apparel (enacted text, NY Senate laws of New York)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate; NYSDEC · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked · 3 versions kept
- NYSDEC page: PFAS in food packaging(opens in a new tab)NYS Department of Environmental Conservation · Guidance (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- New York Environmental Conservation Law Article 27 Title 18, 27-1803, 27-1805, 27-1807 (Extended Producer Responsibility for Rechargeable Batteries)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate (Open Legislation) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- New York Environmental Conservation Law 37-0111 (prohibition against brominated flame retardants)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate (Open Legislation) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- New York Environmental Conservation Law 37-0201 to 37-0209 (hazardous packaging: toxics in packaging)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate (Open Legislation) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
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- New York Environmental Conservation Law Article 37 Title 9 (child safe products, sections 37-0901 to 37-0913)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate (Open Legislation) · Statute (PDF)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- New York ECL 37-0209 (PFAS in food packaging) and 37-0121 (apparel)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- New York General Business Law 399-nn (Digital Fair Repair Act)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate (Open Legislation) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- New York S8817 (2020), adding ECL 37-0209 (PFAS in food packaging)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate · Statute (PDF)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- NYC Local Law 39 of 2023 (UL 2849, UL 2272, UL 2271 for powered bicycles, mobility devices and storage batteries), enacted text(opens in a new tab)New York City Council (copy hosted at intro.nyc) · Statute (PDF)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
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