(a) Manufacturers shall use the least toxic alternative when replacing any form of bisphenol in a juvenile’s feeding product or juvenile’s sucking or teething product in accordance with this chapter.
(b) Manufacturers shall not replace any form of bisphenol pursuant to this chapter with chemicals classified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as carcinogenic to humans, likely to be carcinogenic to humans, or for which there is suggestive evidence of carcinogenic potential, or identified by the state to cause cancer as listed in the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 25249.5) of Division 20) list of chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity.
(c) Manufacturers shall not replace any form of bisphenol pursuant to this chapter with reproductive toxicants that cause birth defects, reproductive harm, or developmental harm as identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or listed in the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 25249.5) of Division 20) list of chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity.
(d) Manufacturers shall not replace any form of bisphenol pursuant to this chapter with any chemical identified by the Department of Toxic Substances Control as a Candidate Chemical pursuant to Section 69502.2 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
(Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 790, Sec. 3. (SB 1266) Effective January 1, 2025.)