The Albany County of New York State has adopted Local Law No. “P” for 2015 as a new version of “The Toxic Free Toys Act” to protect children from exposure to toxic chemicals. Limits of seven chemicals in children’s products and children’s apparel are specified in the ｕｐｄａｔｅd law. The new law shall take effect on 1 July, 2016.
Children’s products and children’s apparel containing chemicals greater than the following limits shall not be sold or offered for sale in the County of Albany.
| Toxic chemical | Concentration limit (ppm) |
| Antimony | ≤ 60 |
| Arsenic | ≤ 25 |
| Benzene | ≤ 100 |
| Cadmium | ≤ 75 |
| Cobalt | ≤ 40 |
| Lead |
≤ 100 (accessible parts); ≤ 90 (paint or similar surface coating) |
| Mercury | ≤ 60 |
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Intertek Softlines focuses on textile and footwear service, which is one of the earliest businesses that Intertek developed in China. Starting from 1989, Intertek Softlines has set up laboratories and offices in textile and footwear industry clusters, and now can support its customers through its network of more than 20 laboratories and offices and over 2000 experts and professionals around China.
We can not only offer testing and certification services for finished products including textile and garment, shoes and leather goods, but also help companies to ｅｘｅｃute quality control over the whole industry chain from raw material to finished products.
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