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California implements measures to amend its Metal-Containing Jewelry Law. The more stringent set of limits will become effective on June 1, 2020.
California implements measures to amend its Metal-Containing Jewelry Law. The more stringent set of limits will become effective on June 1, 2020.
In February 2019, California introduced Senate Bill 647 (SB 647) to revise its Metal-Containing Jewelry Law (Safeguard 80/19).
On September 27, 2019, the governor of California signed the SB 647 bill (Chapter 379, 2019) into law to revise and recast the provisions relating to authorized materials for the manufacture of jewelry and children's jewelry. This comprehensive new law contains, inter alia, a number of important changes:
According to the definitions in the new law, jewelry means any of the following ornaments worn by a person:
Highlights of SB 647 and a comparison between the two sets of jewelry requirements and their operative dates are summarized in Table 1.
| Scope of Jewelry | Requirement | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Children's jewelry (under 15 years of age) | ≤ 90 ppm lead (surface coatings) ≤ 100 ppm lead (accessible components) ≤ 75 ppm soluble cadmium (surface coatings) ≤ 300 ppm cadmium content (components) | ≤ 90 ppm lead (surface coatings) ≤ 100 ppm lead (accessible components) ≤ 75 ppm soluble cadmium (surface coatings) ≤ 300 ppm cadmium content (components) |
| Body piercing jewelry that is not children's jewelry | Materials to be used:
| Materials to be used:
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| All other jewelry | Materials to be used:
< 200 ppm lead (plastics or rubber, including acrylic, polystyrene, plastic beads and stones, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC)) < 6% lead (electroplated metals) < 1.5% lead (unplated metals not otherwise listed) < 600 ppm lead (dyes, surface coatings or other materials) | Materials to be used:
< 200 ppm lead (plastics or rubber, including acrylic, polystyrene, plastic beads and stones, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC)) < 500 ppm lead (electroplated metals, unplated metals not otherwise listed, dyes, surface coatings or other materials) |
| Remark | Will become inoperative on June 1, 2020 (will be repealed as of January 1, 2021) | Will become operative on June 1, 2020 |
Table 1
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