Committee Considers Moving Lead‑in‑Cookware Limits to Ecology; Striker Seeks Testing and Phased Limits
The committee reviewed ESSB 59 75 and a striking amendment that would shift lead‑in‑cookware standard‑setting to the Department of Ecology’s Safer Products for Washington process, set phased limits for pots and pans (50 ppm in 2030, 20 ppm in 2034), and direct Ecology to adopt testing and rules.
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The House Committee on Environment and Energy heard ESSB 59 75 and a proposed striker that would vest the Department of Ecology’s Safer Products for Washington program with authority to set and phase lead limits for cookware, and to establish testing and compliance processes.
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