Opinions on H.R. 2715

[Green Printer]

Congress has just passed H.R. 2715. The following link from the PIA provides some details.

Victory! Industry wins exception from CPSIA | Printing Industries of America - Printing.org

Is this good for the printing industry in the USA?

[Green Printer]

CPSIA is good for the industry it helps keep imports out that do not meet the CPSIA requirements.

The PIA has just given wide open support to the imports of printed material with total disregard for the US jobs that will be lost to nations importing printed material into the USA.
The following chemicals benzene, toluene, cumene, Parachlorobenzotrifluoride, 2-Butoxyethanol Ethylene Glycol Butyl Ether, 1,2,4-Trimethyl Benzene, 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene, Diethanolamine,D-Limonene, Butyl Oxitol,Triethanolamine, n-Hexane and many others including known carcinogens and mutagens are virtually non regulated in many parts of the world and are used every day in the printing industry worldwide including the USA. The afore mentioned chemicals can be found on MSDS sheets of products used by the Printing industry in the US. These are sold, blended and manufactured world wide. In the USA these can be legally manufactured with the proper paperwork.
The PIA has subverted congress and the CPSIA into believing that all of the US printing industry IS ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABLE. When all of these chemicals along with many others are no longer used in the US printing industry then and only then can we begin to say Environmental and Sustainable.

The PIA looks at this as a victory for the US printing industry when in all reality it is a wide open invitation for all children's print manufacturers to have wide open markets with very little consequences.

[Printpro]

Green Printer thanks for the link to this video clip.
I completely agree with you.

It seems like any attempt to clean the printing industry up and make it safer and cleaner for employees the Printing Industries fights. I have seen it in CA with the 100 gr./lt. or less VOC requirement for wash up solvent. They said it was going to destroy printing in CA. It has not. The smart printers got on board with chemicals that worked and are better off for it.

Again here, an opportunity to force the printing industry to clean up and the Printing Industry fights it and think they have done a good thing. The only thing this is good for is the chemical manufactures who are members of the Printing Industries who don't have products without the chemicals Green Printer talked about. These manufactures can keep producing and selling their nasty products full of harmful chemicals and the Printing Industries feels good about it. Unbelievable!

[Green Printer]

MSDS Links

gansink.com: Gans Ink Search

MSDS
Tower Products | MSDS's
Home click on manufacturers then click on msds it will download an excel file that will have links to hundreds of msds.

Take a look at cas numbers then do a bing or google search .

Question your supplier about the MSDS sheet. Have them go over it with you and explain what the listed products safety precautions are and how can they assist you in meeting your obligations to your employees and there right to know. MSDS sheets are supposed to be accurate and upto date. If the MSDS date is more than a year old it is obsolete.