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Maturing Solar Power Industry Adopts New Operations and Maintenance Guidelines

No longer an experimental technology, the total generating capacity of utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) power plants exceeded 60 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2015. With many utility-scale PV…

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The Afterlife of Electric Vehicle Batteries

Electric vehicles (EV) are steadily gaining in popularity with both drivers and government officials. There are more than one million navigating the world’s roads as of 2015. In the coming…

CPSC Votes to Exempt Four Plastics from Third-party Testing Requirements

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted this week to approve a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would exempt four plastics from third-party testing for compliance with…

UL to Host Technical Seminar at VICENZAORO

UL is hosting a free technical seminar this Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at Hall 7.1 – Sala 7.1.2b (Sala Tiziano B), during Fiera di Vicenza’s VICENZAORO September. Attendees will gain an…

ASTM Issues Consumer Trampoline Safety Standard

ASTM International has published ASTM F381 - 16 Standard Safety Specification for Components, Assembly, Use, and Labeling of Consumer Trampolines. The standard prescribes safety…

ASTM Issues Standard for Expansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures

ASTM International has issued F1004 – 16b Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Expansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures. Updates to the standard include: New definitions for…

ASTM Issues Standard for High Chairs

ASTM International has issued F404 - 16a Standard Consumer Safety Specification for High Chairs ASTM F404 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for High Chairs. Updates to the standard…

ASTM Publishes Revised Changing Table Standard

ASTM International has issued ASTM F2388 - 16 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Baby Changing Tables for Domestic Use. Updates to the standard include: New definitions for…

ASTM Revises Residential Portable Pool Standard

ASTM International has revised ASTM F2666 - 16 Standard Specification for Aboveground Portable Pools for Residential Use. The standard specifies the safety and performance requirements for…

Canada Amends Regulation for Products Containing Lead that Come into Contact with Mouth

Canada has released SOR/2016-171 Regulations Amending the Consumer Products Containing Lead (Contact with Mouth) Regulations. The regulation amends subsection 2(1) of the regulation,…

Canada Gazette Releases Amended Kettle Regulations

Canada has released SOR/2016-181 Kettles Regulations that specify that a kettle must release no more than 0.01 ppm lead when tested in accordance with the following test method: I. Prepare…

Canada Issues Toys and Juvenile Products Regulations

Canada has issued the following regulations for toys and juvenile products. SOR/2016-195 Toys Regulations - This regulation applies to small parts and flammability for toy products. The…

Canada Releases Children’s Jewelry Regulation

Canada has released SOR/2016-168 Children’s Jewellery Regulations. The regulation prescribes a lead content limit for children’s jewelry of not more than 600 mg/kg, of which no more than…

Canada Releases Infant Feeding Bottle Nipples Regulation

Canada has issued regulation SOR/2016-180 Infant Feeding Bottle Nipples Regulations. The regulation prescribes a total volatile N-nitrosamines content limit of not more than 10 μg/kg for…

Canada Releases OTC and Prescription Drug Labeling Regulations

Health Canada has released Plain Language Labelling (PLL) Regulations which provide guidelines for making prescription and non-prescription labels easier to read and understand in order to…

EPA Issues Final National Rule to Reduce Formaldehyde Vapors from Wood Products

The Toy Industry Association (TIA) is alerting members who manufacture, import or sell toys comprised of or containing composite wood of a final rule issued by the Environmental Protection…

Europe Authorizes Use of Titanium Dioxide as UV Filter

The European Commission (EC) has adopted Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1143 Amending Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Cosmetic…

European Union Publishes Draft Directive to Reduce BPA Limit in Toys

The European Commission (EC) published notification number G/TBT/N/EU/396 under the Draft Directive which would reduce the migration limit for Bisphenol A (BPA) (CAS Number 80-05-7) in toys…

European Union Publishes Personal Protective Equipment Regulation

The European Journal published Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of March 9, 2016 on personal protective equipment (PPE) repealing Directive 89/686/EEC…

Germany Amends Safety of Toys Regulation

On July 22, 2016, the Federal Law Gazette of Germany released a Second Regulation Amending the Regulation on the Safety of Toys. The regulation amends Article 1 of the Decree of October 21…

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