Baar (April 9, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 046.26, reporting on Washington State’s amendments and clarifications for exemptions for lead in cookware. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5975 (ESSB 5975) was signed into law on March 18, 2026, following a reduction in the scope of three product
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Baar (March 11, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 036.26, focusing on Washington State’s plans to revise its law on cookware containing lead. Exposure to lead causes neurological damage in children and impaired brain development, kidney damage, high blood pressure and reproductive issues. With no safe level
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Baar (December 12, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 174.25, highlighting the U.S. state of Washington’s adoption of a rule to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in 12 priority consumer products. PFAS, sometimes known as ‘forever chemicals’, are a family of substances, some of which are
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SGS publishes SafeGuardS to provide an overview of the state of Washington’s signing into law a bill designating 6PPD-containing tires as a priority product under cycle 2 of its safer products scheme.
