2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment › Title 9 - Toxic Chemicals in Children's Products › 37-0905 - Chemicals of Concern and High-Priority Chemicals.

§ 37-0905. Chemicals of concern and high-priority chemicals.
1. Chemicals of concern.
(a)  Within  two  years  of  the  effective  date  of  this title, the
department,  in  consultation  with  the  department  of  health,  shall
promulgate a list of chemicals of concern. A chemical may be listed as a
chemical  of  concern  if  it has been identified by a government entity
and/or identified on the basis of credible scientific evidence as being:
(i)   a   carcinogen,   reproductive   or   developmental    toxicant,
neurotoxicant, asthmagen, or endocrine disruptor;
(ii) persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic; or
(iii) very persistent and very bioaccumulative.
(b) The department shall review lists codified or promulgated in other
states  as  chemicals of concern to determine if such chemicals meet the
criteria of paragraph (a) of  this  subdivision.  The  department  at  a
minimum shall consider:
(i) 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane (CAS 79-34-5)
(ii)    1,1,3,3-Tetramethyl-4-butylphenol;   4-tert-octylphenol   (CAS
140-66-9)
(iii) 1,4-Dioxane (CAS 123-91-1)
(iv) 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'-Decabromodiphenyl  ether;  BDE-209  (CAS
1163-19-5)
(v) 2,4-Diaminotoluene (CAS 95-80-7)
(vi) 2-Aminotoluene (CAS 95-53-4)
(vii) 2-Ethylhexanoic acid (CAS 149-57-5)
(viii)   2-Ethyl-hexyl-2,   3,  4,  5  tetrabromobenzoate  (TBB)  (CAS
183658-27-7)
(ix) 2-Ethyl-hexyl-4-methoxycinnamate (CAS 5466-77-3)
(x) 2-Methoxyethanol (CAS 109-86-4)
(xi)    3,3'-Dimethylbenzidine     and     dyes     metabolized     to
3,3'-Dimethylbenzidine (CAS 119-93-7)
(xii)  4-Nonylphenol;  4-NP  and  its  isomer  mixtures  including CAS
84852-15-3 and CAS 25154-52-3 (CAS 104-40-5)
(xiii) Acetaldehyde (CAS 75-07-0)
(xiv) Acrylonitrile (CAS 107-13-1)
(xv) Aniline (CAS 62-53-3)
(xvi) Antimony & antimony compounds (CAS 7440-36-0)
(xvii) Arsenic & arsenic compounds (CAS 7440-38-2)  including  arsenic
trioxide & dimethyl arsenic (CAS 75-60-5)
(xviii) Asbestos (CAS 1332-21-4)
(xix) Benzene (CAS 71-43-2)
(xx) Benzene, pentachloro (CAS 608-93-5)
(xxi)  Benzophenone-2  (BP-2); 2,2',4,4'-tetrahydroxybenzophenone (CAS
131-55-5)
(xxii) Bis(2-ethylhexyl) tetrabromophtalate (TBPH) (CAS 26040-51-7)
(xxiii)   Bis(chloromethyl)   propane-1-3-diyltetrakis-(2-chloroethyl)
bis(phosphate)(V6)(CAS 38051-10-4)
(xxiv) Bisphenol A (CAS 80-05-7)
(xxv) Bisphenol F (CAS 620-92-8)
(xxvi) Bisphenol S (CAS 80-09-1)
(xxvii) Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) (CAS 85-68-7)
(xxviii) Butylated Hydroxyanisole; (BHA) (CAS 25013-16-5)
(xxix) C.I. solvent yellow 14 (CAS 842-07-9)
(xxx) Cadmium & cadmium compounds (CAS 7440-43-9)
(xxxi) Carbon disulfide (CAS 75-15-0)
(xxxii) Chlorinated paraffins (CAS 108171-26-2)
(xxxiii) Cobalt & cobalt compounds (CAS 7440-48-4)
(xxxiv) Decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBPE) (CAS 84852-53-9)
(xxxv) Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (CAS 117-81-7)
(xxxvi) Di-(2-methoxyethyl) phthalate (DMEP) (CAS 117-82-8)
(xxxvii) Dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) (CAS 84-61-7)
(xxxviii) Diethyl phthalate (CAS 84-66-2)
(xxxix) Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) (CAS 84-69-5)
(xl) Di-n-hexyl phthalate (CAS 84-75-3)
(xli) Di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP) (CAS 117-84-0)
(xlii) Dipentyl phthalate (DPP) (CAS 131-18-0)
(xliii) Ethylene glycol (CAS 107-21-1)
(xliv) Ethylene glycol monoethyl ester (CAS 110-80-5)
(xlv) Ethyl hexyl d-phenol phosphate (EHDPP) (CAS 1241-94-7)
(xlvi) Formaldehyde (CAS 50-0-0)
(xlvii) Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) (CAS 25637-99-4)
(xlviii) Hexachlorobenzene (CAS 118-74-1)
(xlix) Hexachlorobutadiene (CAS 87-68-3)
(l) Isopropylated triphenyl phosphate (IPTPP) (CAS 68437-41-7)
(li)  Mercury  &  mercury  compounds  (CAS 7439-97-6) including methyl
mercury (CAS 22967-92-6)
(lii) Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS 78-93-3)
(liii) Methyl paraben (CAS 99-76-3)
(liv) Methylene chloride (CAS 75-09-2)
(lv) N-methylpyrrolidone (CAS 872-50-4)
(lvi) Nickel and nickel compounds (CAS N/A)
(lvii) N-nitrosodimethylamine (CAS 62-75-9)
(lviii) N-nitrosodiphenylamine (CAS 86-30-6)
(lvix) Perchloroethylene (CAS 127-18-4)
(lx) Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA & related substances) (CAS 335-67-1)
(lxi) Perfluorooctanyl  sulphonic  acid  and  its  salts  (PFOS)  (CAS
1763-23-1)
(lxii) Phenol (CAS 108-95-2)
(lxiii) Phenol, 4-octyl- (CAS 1806-26-4)
(lxiv) P-hydroxybenzoic acid (CAS 99-96-7)
(lxv) Propyl paraben (CAS 94-13-3)
(lxvi) Styrene (CAS 100-42-5)
(lxvii) Tetrabromobisphenol A (CAS 79-94-7)
(lxviii)Tetrachloroethene (CAS 127-18-4)
(lxix) Toluene (CAS 108-88-3)
(lxx) Tricresyl phosphate (TCP) (CAS 1330-78-5)
(lxxi) Tri-n-butyl phosphate (TNBP) (CAS 126-73-8)
(lxxii) Triphenyl phosphate (TPP) (CAS 115-86-6)
(lxxiii) Tris(1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TCPP) (CAS 13674-84-5)
(lxxiv) Tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (CAS 115-96-8)
(lxxv) Tris(2,3-dibromopropylphosphate) (CAS 126-72-7)
(lxxvi) Vinyl chloride (CAS 75-01-4)
(lxxvii) Organohalogen flame retardants
(c)  The  department,  in  consultation with the department of health,
shall periodically review the list  of  chemicals  of  concern  and  may
through  regulation  add or remove a chemical from the list on the basis
of credible scientific evidence. The department may  remove  a  chemical
from  the list of chemicals of concern if, upon review, it determines on
the basis of credible scientific evidence that such chemical  no  longer
meets the criteria for listing under paragraph (a) of this subdivision.
2. High-priority chemicals. (a) The following chemicals are designated
high priority chemicals for purposes of this title:
(i) Tris (1, 3 dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (CAS 13674-87-8)
(ii) Benzene (CAS 71-43-2)
(iii)  Mercury  and  mercury  compounds, including methyl mercury (CAS
7439-97-6)
(iv) Asbestos (CAS 1332-21-4)
(v) Arsenic and arsenic compounds (CAS  7440-38-2)  including  arsenic
trioxide (CASRN 1327-53-3) and dimethyl arsenic (CASRN 75-60-5)
(vi) Cadmium (CAS 7440-43-9) (other than toy coatings)
(vii)   Organohalogen  flame  retardants  in  upholstered  bedding  or
furniture
(b) The department shall periodically review the list of high priority
chemicals and may by rule add to the list of high-priority chemicals  if
the criteria of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section are met
and the chemical is present in a children's product and meets any of the
following criteria:
(i)   The   chemical  or  its  metabolites  have  been  found  through
biomonitoring to be present in humans;
(ii) The chemical has been found through sampling and analysis  to  be
present  in  household  dust, indoor air, drinking water or elsewhere in
the home environment;
(iii) The chemical has been found through monitoring to be present  in
fish, wildlife or the natural environment; or
(iv)  The  sale  or  use  of  the  chemical  or  a  children's product
containing the chemical has been  banned  in  another  state  or  states
within  the United States because of the health effects of such chemical
or the children's product safety council established pursuant to section
37-0911 of this title has  recommended  the  chemical  be  listed  as  a
high-priority  chemical.  The  department shall, as part of its periodic
review, consider whether the sale or use of a chemical or  a  children's
product  containing  the  chemical  has  been banned in another state or
within the United States because of the health effects of such chemical.
(c) The department, in consultation with the department of health, may
remove a chemical from  the  list  of  high  priority  chemicals  if  it
determines  on  the  basis  of  credible  scientific  evidence that such
chemical  no  longer  meets  the  criteria  of  paragraph  (b)  of  this
subdivision.