Hi John, The following sites have some interesting information about this subject. I hope this helps.
http://www.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=991&folder_id=540 www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ehp/ehd/psb/laboratory/m-03.pdf www.marquette.localhealth.net/ArcChildChoke.htm http://www.fplc.edu/RISK/vol8/summer/harris.htm#fn29 http://www.radtech.org/resources/reg3.html C. Regulation of Suffocation Hazards Presented by Plastic Bags >From time to time, the CPSC has expressed an interest in the issue of plastic bag warnings. The issue stems from reports in the late 1950s of children suffocating after coming in contact with ultra-thin plastic garment bags of the type used by dry cleaners. Since that time, the concern has expanded to include other bags such as disposable trash bags. A voluntary industry effort to educate the public and to include warning labels on plastic bags has resulted in no nation-wide regulation or ban of plastic bags. Some jurisdictions, however, have adopted regulations mandating that warning labels be placed on bags meeting certain specifications. The majority of those jurisdictions have adopted language similar to the voluntary industry guideline and the New York City and Chicago ordinances. Plastic bags that are thinner than 1 mil (1/1,000 of an inch), longer than 25 inches, and which have an opening greater than 7 inches, should bear a label warning against choking hazards. This requirement should enter into the overall safety assessment of packaging for children's products. Rgds, Luiz Em Aug 2002, Tyra, John escreveu: >Hello Nick, > >Yes I would like to take you up on your kind offer. Please e-mail to my >address. I am particularly interested in the perforations you recommend. > >I have found that California does have regulations as part of their BUSINESS >AND PROFESSIONS CODE. Here is a link: > >http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=bpc&group"001-23000&; >file"200-22205 > >They require a warning statement if a bag is less than 0.001 inches >(0.0254mm) thick. I also received information from the U.S. Consumer Product >Safety Commission which informed me that there are no Federal Regulations on >this subject. > >I am still researching and will be happy to share my future findings. > >Best regards, > >John > >-----Original Message----- >From: Nick Williams [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 3:50 PM >To: Tyra, John >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Suffocation hazard > >I've looked into this in the past, and there appears to be no >legislation. There is a guide to appropriate wording in BS 1133 >section 21:1991 but, frankly, this falls far short of a useable >specification for safety markings on bags. Most retailers also want >to see perforations, and some specify a minimum thickness for film >used for bags for toys and child appealing products. > >In the end we drafted our own spec. based on our experience with >major UK retailers and I'd be happy to mail you a copy (PDF, 20kb) if >you'd like. > >Rgds > >Nick. > >At 12:41 -0400 30/7/02, Tyra, John wrote: >>Hello all, >> >>I am in the process of reviewing the plastic bags we use to package our >>products and have a old 100th generation copy of an excerpt from a >>California Business and Professions Code which implies that plastic bags >>less than a mil thick need to have a warning marking. >> >>Does anyone have more info on this issue or know of any other regulations >>concerning plastic bag regulations? >> >>Thanks in advance for your help... >> >>regards, >> >>John Tyra >>Design Assurance Engineering, >>Product Safety & Regulatory Manager >> >>Bose Corporation >>The Mountain, M.S.-450 >>Framingham, MA 01701-9168 >>508-766-1502 Phone >>508-766-1145 Fax >>[email protected] >> >> >>------------------------------------------- >>This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety >>Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. >> >>Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ >> >>To cancel your subscription, send mail to: >> [email protected] >>with the single line: >> unsubscribe emc-pstc >> >>For help, send mail to the list administrators: >> Ron Pickard: [email protected] >> Dave Heald: [email protected] >> >>For policy questions, send mail to: >> Richard Nute: [email protected] >> Jim Bacher: [email protected] >> >>All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: >> http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ >> Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" > >------------------------------------------- >This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety >Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > >Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > >To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] >with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > >For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > >For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > >All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" > >------------------------------------------- >This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety >Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > >Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > >To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] >with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > >For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > >For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > >All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" > >---------- _________________________________________________________ Oi! 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