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Committee Considers Moving Lead‑in‑Cookware Limits to Ecology; Striker Seeks Testing and Phased Limits
Summary
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.
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.
Jacob Lipson, committee staff, summarized the background: the 2024 legislature established lead limits for cookware and a 2026 limit of 90 parts per million that was scheduled to drop to 10 parts per million in 2028. The striker keeps the 90 ppm standard for products manufactured after Jan. 1, 2026, cancels the scheduled statutory drop to 10 ppm, and adds a provision prohibiting manufacturers from intentionally adding lead beginning in 2027. It also directs Ecology to designate cookware containing lead as a…
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