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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lead | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | in Jewelry Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Body piercing jewelry" means any part of jewelry that is
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8 | manufactured or sold for placement in a new piercing or a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | mucous
membrane, but does not include any part of that jewelry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | that is not
placed within a new piercing or a mucous membrane.
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11 | "Children" means children aged 6 and younger.
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12 | "Children's jewelry" means jewelry that is made for, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | marketed
for use by, or marketed to, children. For purposes of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | this Act,
children's jewelry includes, but is not limited to, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | jewelry that
meets any of the following conditions:
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16 | (1) Represented in its packaging, display, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | advertising, as
appropriate for use by children.
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18 | (2) Sold in conjunction with, attached to, or packaged | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | together
with other products that are packaged, displayed, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | or advertised as
appropriate for use by children.
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21 | (3) Sized for children and not intended for use by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | adults.
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23 | (4) Sold in any of the following:
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1 | (A) A vending machine.
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2 | (B) Retail store, catalogue, or online Web site, in | ||||||
3 | which a person
exclusively offers for sale products | ||||||
4 | that are packaged, displayed,
or advertised as | ||||||
5 | appropriate for use by children.
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6 | (C) A discrete portion of a retail store, | ||||||
7 | catalogue, or online Web
site, in which a person offers | ||||||
8 | for sale products that are packaged,
displayed, or | ||||||
9 | advertised as appropriate for use by children.
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10 | "Class 1 material" means any of the following materials:
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11 | (1) Stainless or surgical steel.
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12 | (2) Karat gold.
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13 | (3) Sterling silver.
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14 | (4) Platinum, palladium, iridium, ruthenium, rhodium, | ||||||
15 | or osmium.
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16 | (5) Natural or cultured pearls.
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17 | (6) Glass, ceramic, or crystal decorative components, | ||||||
18 | including
cat's eye, cubic zirconia, including cubic | ||||||
19 | zirconium or CZ,
rhinestones, and cloisonne.
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20 | (7) Elastic, fabric, ribbon, rope, or string, unless it | ||||||
21 | contains
intentionally added lead and is listed as a class | ||||||
22 | 2 material.
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23 | (8) All natural decorative material, including amber, | ||||||
24 | bone, coral,
feathers, fur, horn, leather, shell, wood, | ||||||
25 | that is in its natural
state and is not treated in a way | ||||||
26 | that adds lead.
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1 | (10) Adhesive.
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2 | The following gemstones are not class 1 materials: | ||||||
3 | aragonite,
bayldonite, boleite, cerussite, crocoite, ekanite, | ||||||
4 | linarite,
mimetite, phosgenite, samarskite, vanadinite, and | ||||||
5 | wulfenite.
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6 | "Class 2 material" means any of the following materials:
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7 | (1) Electroplated metal that meets the following | ||||||
8 | standards:
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9 | (A) On and before August 30, 2009, a metal alloy | ||||||
10 | with less than 10% lead by weight that is electroplated | ||||||
11 | with suitable under and
finish coats.
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12 | (B) On and after August 31, 2009, a metal alloy | ||||||
13 | with less than 6% lead by weight that is electroplated | ||||||
14 | with suitable under and
finish coats.
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15 | (2) Unplated metal with less than 1.5% lead that is not
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16 | otherwise listed as a class 1 material.
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17 | (3) Plastic or rubber, including acrylic, polystyrene, | ||||||
18 | plastic
beads and stones, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) that | ||||||
19 | meets the
following standards:
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20 | (A) On and before August 30, 2009, less than 0.06% | ||||||
21 | (600
parts per million) lead by weight.
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22 | (B) On and after August 31, 2009, less than 0.02% | ||||||
23 | (200
parts per million) lead by weight.
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24 | (4) A dye or surface coating containing less than 0.06%
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25 | (600 parts per million) lead by weight.
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26 | "Class 3 material" means any portion of jewelry that meets
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1 | both of the following criteria:
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2 | (1) Is not a class 1 or class 2 material.
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3 | (2) Contains less than 0.06% (600 parts per million) | ||||||
4 | lead
by weight.
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5 | "Component" means any part of jewelry.
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6 | "EPA reference methods 3050B (Acid Digestion of Sediments,
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7 | Sludges and Soils) or 3051 (Microwave Assisted Digestion/ | ||||||
8 | Sludge,
Soils)" means those test methods incorporated by | ||||||
9 | reference in
paragraph (11) of subdivision (a) of Section | ||||||
10 | 260.11 of Title 40 of
the Code of Federal Regulations.
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11 | "Jewelry" means any of the following:
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12 | (1) Any of the following ornaments worn by a person:
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13 | (A) An anklet.
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14 | (B) Arm cuff.
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15 | (C) Bracelet.
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16 | (D) Brooch.
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17 | (E) Chain.
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18 | (F) Crown.
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19 | (G) Cuff link.
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20 | (H) Decorated hair accessories.
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21 | (I) Earring.
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22 | (J) Necklace.
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23 | (K) Pin.
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24 | (L) Ring.
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25 | (M) Body piercing jewelry.
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26 | (2) Any bead, chain, link, pendant, or other component |
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1 | of an
ornament specified in paragraph (1).
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2 | "Surface coating" means a fluid, semifluid, or other
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3 | material, with or without a suspension of finely divided | ||||||
4 | coloring
matter, that changes to a solid film when a thin layer | ||||||
5 | is applied to
a metal, wood, stone, paper, leather, cloth, | ||||||
6 | plastic, or other
surface.
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7 | "Surface coating" does not include a printing ink or a
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8 | material that actually becomes a part of the substrate, | ||||||
9 | including,
but not limited to, pigment in a plastic article, or | ||||||
10 | a material that
is actually bonded to the substrate, such as by | ||||||
11 | electroplating or
ceramic glazing.
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12 | Section 10. Jewelry; sale. | ||||||
13 | (a) On and after March 1, 2008, a person shall not
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14 | manufacture, ship, sell, or offer for sale jewelry for retail | ||||||
15 | sale in
the State unless the jewelry is made entirely from a | ||||||
16 | class 1, class
2, or class 3 material, or any combination | ||||||
17 | thereof.
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18 | (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), on and after January | ||||||
19 | 1,
2008, a person shall not manufacture, ship, sell, or offer | ||||||
20 | for sale
children's jewelry for retail sale in the State unless | ||||||
21 | the children's
jewelry is made entirely from one or more of the | ||||||
22 | following
materials:
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23 | (1) A nonmetallic material that is a class 1 material.
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24 | (2) A nonmetallic material that is a class 2 material.
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25 | (3) A metallic material that is either a class 1 |
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1 | material or
contains less than 0.06% (600 parts per | ||||||
2 | million) lead by
weight.
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3 | (4) Glass or crystal decorative components that weigh, | ||||||
4 | in total, no
more than one gram, excluding any glass or | ||||||
5 | crystal decorative
component that contains less than 0.02% | ||||||
6 | (200 parts per
million) lead by weight and has no | ||||||
7 | intentionally added lead.
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8 | (5) Printing ink or ceramic glaze that contains less | ||||||
9 | than 0.06% (600 parts per million) lead by weight.
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10 | (6) Class 3 material that contains less than 0.02% (200
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11 | parts per million) lead by weight.
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12 | (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), on and after March 1, | ||||||
13 | 2008, a
person shall not manufacture, ship, sell, or offer for | ||||||
14 | sale body
piercing jewelry for retail sale in the State unless | ||||||
15 | the body
piercing jewelry is made of one or more of the | ||||||
16 | following materials:
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17 | (1) Surgical implant stainless steel.
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18 | (2) Surgical implant grade of titanium.
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19 | (3) Niobium (Nb).
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20 | (4) Solid 14 karat or higher white or yellow | ||||||
21 | nickel-free gold.
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22 | (5) Solid platinum.
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23 | (6) A dense low-porosity plastic, including, but not | ||||||
24 | limited to,
Tygon or Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), if | ||||||
25 | the plastic contains no
intentionally added lead.
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1 | Section 15. Penalty. | ||||||
2 | (a) A person who violates this Act shall be liable for a
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3 | civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 per day for each violation. | ||||||
4 | That civil penalty may be
assessed and recovered in a civil | ||||||
5 | action brought in any court of
competent jurisdiction.
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6 | (b) In assessing the amount of a civil penalty for a | ||||||
7 | violation of
this Act, the court shall consider all of the | ||||||
8 | following:
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9 | (1) The nature and extent of the violation.
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10 | (2) The number and severity of the violations.
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11 | (3) The economic effect of the penalty on the violator.
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12 | (4) Whether the violator took good faith measures to | ||||||
13 | comply with
this Act and the time these measures were | ||||||
14 | taken.
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15 | (5) The willfulness of the violator's misconduct.
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16 | (6) The deterrent effect that the imposition of the | ||||||
17 | penalty would
have on both the violator and the regulated | ||||||
18 | community as a whole.
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19 | (7) Any other factor that justice may require.
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20 | Section 20. Testing. | ||||||
21 | (a) The testing methods for determining compliance with | ||||||
22 | this
Act shall be conducted using the U.S. Environmental | ||||||
23 | Protection Agency reference methods 3050B or
3051 for the | ||||||
24 | material being tested, except as otherwise provided in
Section | ||||||
25 | 25, and in accordance with all of the
following procedures:
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1 | (1) When preparing a sample, the laboratory shall make | ||||||
2 | every
effort to assure that the sample removed from a | ||||||
3 | jewelry piece is
representative of the component to be | ||||||
4 | tested, and is free of
contamination from extraneous dirt | ||||||
5 | and material not related to the
jewelry component to be | ||||||
6 | tested.
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7 | (2) All jewelry component samples shall be washed prior | ||||||
8 | to testing
using standard laboratory detergent, rinsed | ||||||
9 | with laboratory reagent
grade deionized water, and dried in | ||||||
10 | a clean ambient environment. | ||||||
11 | (3) If a component is required to be cut or scraped to | ||||||
12 | obtain a
sample, the metal snips, scissors, or other | ||||||
13 | cutting tools used for
the cutting or scraping shall be | ||||||
14 | made of stainless steel and washed
and rinsed before each | ||||||
15 | use and between samples.
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16 | (4) A sample shall be digested in a container that is | ||||||
17 | known to be
free of lead and with the use of an acid that is | ||||||
18 | not contaminated by
lead, including analytical reagent | ||||||
19 | grade digestion acids and reagent
grade deionized water.
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20 | (5) Method blanks, consisting of all reagents used in | ||||||
21 | sample
preparation handled, digested, and made to volume in | ||||||
22 | the same exact
manner and in the same container type as | ||||||
23 | samples, shall be tested
with each group of 20 or fewer | ||||||
24 | samples tested.
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25 | (6) The results for the method blanks shall be reported | ||||||
26 | with each
group of sample results, and shall be below the |
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1 | stated reporting
limit for sample results to be considered | ||||||
2 | valid. | ||||||
3 | (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of | ||||||
4 | this Section,
the following procedures shall be used for | ||||||
5 | testing the following
materials:
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6 | (1) For testing a metal plated with suitable undercoats | ||||||
7 | and finish
coats, the following protocols shall be | ||||||
8 | observed:
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9 | (A) Digestion shall be conducted using hot | ||||||
10 | concentrated nitric
acid with the option of using | ||||||
11 | hydrochloric acid or hydrogen peroxide.
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12 | (B) The sample size shall be 0.050 gram to one | ||||||
13 | gram.
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14 | (C) The digested sample may require dilution prior | ||||||
15 | to analysis.
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16 | (D) The digestion and analysis shall achieve a | ||||||
17 | reported detection
limit no greater than 0.1% for | ||||||
18 | samples.
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19 | (E) All necessary dilutions shall be made to ensure | ||||||
20 | that
measurements are made within the calibrated range | ||||||
21 | of the analytical
instrument.
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22 | (2) For testing unplated metal and metal substrates | ||||||
23 | that are not a
class 1 material the following protocols | ||||||
24 | shall be observed:
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25 | (A) Digestion shall be conducted using hot | ||||||
26 | concentrated nitric
acid with the option of using |
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1 | hydrochloric acid and hydrogen
peroxide.
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2 | (B) The sample size shall be 0.050 gram to one | ||||||
3 | gram.
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4 | (C) The digested sample may require dilution prior | ||||||
5 | to analysis.
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6 | (D) The digestion and analysis shall achieve a | ||||||
7 | reported detection
limit no greater than 0.01% for | ||||||
8 | samples.
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9 | (E) All necessary dilutions shall be made to ensure | ||||||
10 | that
measurements are made within the calibrated range | ||||||
11 | of the analytical
instrument.
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12 | (3) For testing polyvinyl chloride (PVC), the | ||||||
13 | following protocols
shall be observed:
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14 | (A) The digestion shall be conducted using hot | ||||||
15 | concentrated nitric
acid with the option of using | ||||||
16 | hydrochloric acid and hydrogen
peroxide.
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17 | (B) The sample size shall be a minimum of 0.05 gram | ||||||
18 | if using
microwave digestion or 0.5 gram if using | ||||||
19 | hotplate digestion, and
shall be chopped or comminuted | ||||||
20 | prior to digestion.
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21 | (C) Digested samples may require dilution prior to | ||||||
22 | analysis.
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23 | (D) Digestion and analysis shall achieve a | ||||||
24 | reported detection
limit no greater than 0.001% (10 | ||||||
25 | parts per million) for
samples.
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26 | (E) All necessary dilutions shall be made to ensure |
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1 | that
measurements are made within the calibrated range | ||||||
2 | of the analytical
instrument.
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3 | (4) For testing plastic or rubber that is not polyvinyl | ||||||
4 | chloride
(PVC), including acrylic, polystyrene, plastic | ||||||
5 | beads, or plastic
stones, the following protocols shall be | ||||||
6 | observed:
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7 | (A) The digestion shall be conducted using hot | ||||||
8 | concentrated nitric
acid with the option of using | ||||||
9 | hydrochloric acid or hydrogen
peroxide.
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10 | (B) The sample size shall be a minimum of 0.05 gram | ||||||
11 | if using
microwave digestion or 0.5 gram if using | ||||||
12 | hotplate digestion, and
shall be chopped or comminuted | ||||||
13 | prior to digestion.
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14 | (C) Plastic beads or stones shall be crushed prior | ||||||
15 | to digestion.
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16 | (D) Digested samples may require dilution prior to | ||||||
17 | analysis.
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18 | (E) Digestion and analysis shall achieve a | ||||||
19 | reported detection
limit no greater than 0.001% (10 | ||||||
20 | parts per million) for
samples.
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21 | (F) All necessary dilutions shall be made to ensure | ||||||
22 | that
measurements are made within the calibrated range | ||||||
23 | of the analytical
instrument.
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24 | (5) For testing coatings on glass and plastic pearls, | ||||||
25 | the
following protocols shall be observed:
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26 | (A) The coating of glass or plastic beads shall be |
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1 | scraped onto a
surface free of dust, including a clean | ||||||
2 | weighing paper or pan, using
a clean stainless steel | ||||||
3 | razor blade or other clean sharp instrument
that will | ||||||
4 | not contaminate the sample with lead. The substrate | ||||||
5 | pearl
material shall not be included in the scrapings.
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6 | (B) The razor blade or sharp instrument shall be | ||||||
7 | rinsed with
deionized water, wiped to remove | ||||||
8 | particulate matter, rinsed again,
and dried between | ||||||
9 | samples.
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10 | (C) The scrapings shall be weighed and not less | ||||||
11 | than 50 micrograms
of scraped coating shall be used for | ||||||
12 | analysis. If less than 50
micrograms of scraped coating | ||||||
13 | is obtained from an individual pearl,
multiple pearls | ||||||
14 | from that sample shall be scraped and composed to
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15 | obtain a sufficient sample amount.
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16 | (D) The number of pearls used to make the composite | ||||||
17 | shall be
noted.
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18 | (E) The scrapings shall be digested according to | ||||||
19 | EPA reference
method 3050B or 3051 or an equivalent | ||||||
20 | procedure for hot acid
digestion in preparation for | ||||||
21 | trace lead analysis.
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22 | (F) The digestate shall be diluted in the minimum | ||||||
23 | volume practical
for analysis.
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24 | (G) The digested sample shall be analyzed | ||||||
25 | according to
specification of an approved and | ||||||
26 | validated methodology for
inductively coupled plasma |
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1 | mass spectrometry.
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2 | (H) A reporting limit of 0.001% (10 parts per | ||||||
3 | million) in
the coating shall be obtained for the | ||||||
4 | analysis.
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5 | (I) The sample result shall be reported within the | ||||||
6 | calibrated
range of the instrument. If the initial test | ||||||
7 | of the sample is above
the highest calibration | ||||||
8 | standard, the sample shall be diluted and
reanalyzed | ||||||
9 | within the calibrated range of the instrument.
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10 | (6) For testing dyes, paints, coatings, varnish, | ||||||
11 | printing inks,
ceramic glazes, glass, or crystal, the | ||||||
12 | following testing protocols
shall be observed:
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13 | (A) The digestion shall use hot concentrated | ||||||
14 | nitric acid with the
option of using hydrochloric acid | ||||||
15 | or hydrogen peroxide.
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16 | (B) The sample size shall be not less than 0.050 | ||||||
17 | gram, and shall
be chopped or comminuted prior to | ||||||
18 | digestion.
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19 | (C) The digested sample may require dilution prior | ||||||
20 | to analysis.
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21 | (D) The digestion and analysis shall achieve a | ||||||
22 | reported detection
limit no greater than 0.001% (10 | ||||||
23 | parts per million) for
samples.
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24 | (E) All necessary dilutions shall be made to ensure | ||||||
25 | that
measurements are made within the calibrated range | ||||||
26 | of the analytical
instrument.
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1 | (7) For testing glass and crystal used in children's | ||||||
2 | jewelry, the
following testing protocols for determining | ||||||
3 | weight shall be used:
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4 | (A) A component shall be free of any extraneous | ||||||
5 | material,
including adhesive, before it is weighed.
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6 | (C) The calibration of the scale shall be accurate | ||||||
7 | to within 0.01
gram.
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8 | Section 25. Authority. The Department of Commerce and | ||||||
9 | Economic Opportunity may adopt rules that modify the
testing | ||||||
10 | protocols specified as it
deems necessary to further the | ||||||
11 | purposes of this Act.
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