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We track 6 rules from 2 laws and lists for consumer goods here, and 1 change starting in the next 24 months. Type your product to see which apply.
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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
- PFAS in products (R.I. Gen. Laws 23-18.18)
No known gaps in the rule areas we track for home and kitchen goods.
Cosmetics and personal careMain sources
Rhode Island (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Packaged food and beveragesMain sources
Rhode Island (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Consumer electronics and small appliancesMain sources
Rhode Island (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Batteries, e-bikes and power banksMain sources
Rhode Island (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
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The product's package and packaging components (inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives) have no intentionally added lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium, and the four together are at most 100 ppm
Must meet the conditions of Toxics in packaging: no product may be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by its manufacturer or distributor in Rhode Island in a package whose package or packaging components (inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers, other additives) contain intentionally introduced lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium (23-18.13-4(b)); the four together must not exceed 100 ppm by weight in any package or packaging component (23-18.13-4(c)).
The start date is not stated in the text (date unknown).
Unofficial copy of the text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Internet Archive capture of the official section pages (history through P.L. 2024, ch. 121); webserver.rilegislature.gov times out from this network.
- You offer the product in Rhode Island in a package (23-18.13-4(b): "No product shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by its manufacturer or distributor in the state in a package"); a product sold with no packaging has nothing to comply
In force, start date unknown
Enacted by P.L. 1990, ch. 149 (History of Section); the section states no start date, so 1990-07-01 is a proxy for 'in force since 1990'.
“(b) No product shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by its manufacturer or distributor in the state 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, any lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent chromium that has been intentionally introduced as an element during manufacturing or distribution as opposed to the incidental presence of any of these elements.”
- Conformity
The product's package and packaging components (inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives) have no intentionally added lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium, and the four together are at most 100 ppm
Must meet the conditions of Toxics in packaging: no product may be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by its manufacturer or distributor in Rhode Island in a package whose package or packaging components (inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers, other additives) contain intentionally introduced lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium (23-18.13-4(b)); the four together must not exceed 100 ppm by weight in any package or packaging component (23-18.13-4(c)).
The start date is not stated in the text (date unknown).
Unofficial copy of the text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Internet Archive capture of the official section pages (history through P.L. 2024, ch. 121); webserver.rilegislature.gov times out from this network.
- Applies when
- You offer the product in Rhode Island in a package (23-18.13-4(b): "No product shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by its manufacturer or distributor in the state in a package"); a product sold with no packaging has nothing to comply
- Effective
In force, start date unknown
Enacted by P.L. 1990, ch. 149 (History of Section); the section states no start date, so 1990-07-01 is a proxy for 'in force since 1990'.
- Source
“(b) No product shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by its manufacturer or distributor in the state 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, any lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent chromium that has been intentionally introduced as an element during manufacturing or distribution as opposed to the incidental presence of any of these elements.”
R.I. Gen. Laws 23-18.13-4(b) · fetched 2026-10-27State of Rhode Island General Assembly: R.I. Gen. Laws 23-18.13-4(b), (c)(opens in a new tab)
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- Rhode Island Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024 (R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 23-18.18), sections 1-7 and index(opens in a new tab)Rhode Island General Assembly · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked · 8 versions kept
- Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.13-3 and 23-18.13-4, Toxic Packaging Reduction Act (definitions, prohibition, 100 ppm limit)(opens in a new tab)State of Rhode Island General Assembly · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
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