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CPSC Seeks Comments on Petition for Safety Standard on Duster Aerosol Products

The Consumer Product Safety Commission will consider a petition to adopt a mandatory safety standard on duster aerosol products, it said in a notice released June 28. Submitted in April by the Families United Against Inhalant Abuse, the petition requests…

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CPSC begin a rulemaking on aerosol products used for cleaning electronics and other items that contain the chemical 1,1- Difluorethane or any derivative. It requests a performance standard that includes requirements to add a bitterant that appears in the spray at a designated level, as well as a “much stronger” warning on the can. Comments on the petition are due Aug. 30.