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Under new federal legislation that takes effect today, all toys sold in the United States must meet the safety requirements of ASTM F963 , Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety. This new measure for protecting children from unsafe toys, which won strong bipartisan approval in Congress after nearly a year of hearings and debate, is part of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement…
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By necessity, paint used for roadway applications needs to dry quickly. Some multi-component traffic paints cure in less than 10 minutes, some much faster. Because of this speed of curing, these traffic paints and other types of fast-cure (less than 10 minutes) multi-component paints cannot be tested for volatile content using procedures outlined in the ASTM International standard typically used…
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ASTM International Committee F15 on Consumer Products is currently developing a proposed new standard at the request of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The proposed standard, WK20641 , Specification for Cautionary Labeling of Inflatable Air Mattresses, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F15.63 on Inflatable Air Mattresses. Since 2002, there have been 16 fatalities (many of them…
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President Bush has approved a new law requiring that toys sold in the United States be tested to the ASTM International F963 toy safety standard. "By requiring that children's products be held to a higher safety standard and tested, we can stop unsafe ones from entering the marketplace," said Sen. Bill Nelson, who is pleased that the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 includes…
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An ASTM International standard for bunk beds is prominently cited in a recently released advisory from Health Canada, the federal department that is responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health. The standard, ASTM F1427 , Consumer Safety Specification for Bunk Beds, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F15.30 on Bunk Beds, which is part of ASTM International Committee…
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A new law approved by U.S. Congress will help protect children from gasoline burns by requiring that portable gasoline containers have child-resistant closures that conform to an ASTM consumer safety standard. Congressman Dennis Moore first introduced and then won bipartisan support for the Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act after learning of a tragic incident involving two children in…
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Two new standards demonstrate the broad range of practices and test methods currently being developed by ASTM International Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications. The new ASTM standards will be used in the realms of color reproduction and contact angle measurement. Achieving Consistent Color Reproduction Developed by Subcommittee D01.56 on Printing Inks, ASTM…
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ASTM Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications will present a technical seminar, “New Solvents and Formulating Techniques for Low VOC and HAP Paints,” on Sunday, June 15, 2008, from 4 to 6 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The seminar will be held in conjunction with the D01 committee meeting to be held June 15-18 in Vancouver…
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On March 6, the United States Senate voted overwhelmingly to enhance toy safety by passing a bill that would make the ASTM International F 963 toy safety standard a mandatory federal requirement for all toys sold in the United States. The bipartisan Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Reform bill, which the Senate approved in a 79 to 13 vote, would increase funding for the CPSC and require…
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Finding a way to accurately measure the water and volatile content of high baked phenolic coatings has led to the development of a new ASTM International standard, D 7245 , Test Method for Measuring Total Water and Volatiles in Liquid Coatings Which Produce Cure Water Upon Heating. The new standard was developed by Subcommittee D01.21 on Chemical Analysis of Paints and Paint Materials, part of…