Safer Consumer Products

We are working toward safer California households, workplaces, and products.

The SCP Program has turned 10 years old!

Please join us in celebrating this major milestone and all our accomplishments to date.

About Safer Consumer Products

Our mission at the California Safer Consumer Products (SCP) Program is to advance the design, development, and use of products that are chemically safer for people and the environment.

Consumer product chemicals impact us all

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Every day Californians interact with dozens of consumer products that contain dozens of chemicals each. We apply these chemicals to our skin, wear them on our bodies, breathe them in, and ingest them through dust, food, and water.

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Many of these chemicals did not undergo safety testing prior to being used. Some are now known to cause adverse impacts to human health or the environment, yet their use continues.

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When hazardous chemicals are banned or voluntarily removed from the market, they may be replaced with chemicals that are similar but less well studied. Sometimes these replacement chemicals turn out to be similarly harmful to human health or the environment, a situation known as a “regrettable substitution.”

Safer Consumer Products Timeline as of November 2024

The Safer Consumer Products (SCP) Timeline presents a glimpse of our activities under the current Priority Product Work Plan. It is intended to make the breadth and depth of our work visible to the public, to inform the public of progress on current projects, and to increase opportunities for positive engagement. The Timeline is for informational purposes only, and it is not intended to be a comprehensive view of all of our work.

We update the Timeline quarterly. Single-day events (e.g., issuance of notices, meetings, workshops) are typically shown as diamonds but may be shown as bars indicating ranges of likely dates. Activities, milestones, and associated dates are subject to change. Note that some activities may extend beyond (before or after) the 15-month window displayed in the Timeline.

For regulatory deadlines and information about comment periods, events, workshops, etc., please consult CalSAFER.

View SCP Timeline

SCP inspires a shift to safer chemistries

In 2008 California took a groundbreaking step towards reducing the use of hazardous chemicals and accelerating the quest for safer products by enacting the Green Chemistry Law. This law authorizes DTSC to develop and implement the SCP Regulations.

The SCP approach is highly collaborative and science-driven, and creates business opportunities in the green chemistry and safer consumer products industries. We envision a future where all Californians can have peace of mind that the consumer products we interact with every day are free of harmful chemicals and safe for us and our environment.

Announcements

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SCP is Hiring!

The Safer Consumer Products program is now hiring. Check out our available career opportunities!

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Final Version of SCP’s 2024-2026 Priority Product Work Plan Now Available

Please visit our Priority Product Work Plan webpage for more information.

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November 20, 2024, Virtual Workshop on Candidate Chemicals in Children’s Products

Join us for a workshop on November 20, 2024, to learn about Candidate Chemicals in Children’s Products and potential future regulation under the Safer Consumer Products Program.

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December 5, 2024, Virtual Workshop on Proposal to Regulate Cleaning Products Containing Hydrofluoric Acid

Join us for a workshop on December 5, 2024, to learn about our proposal to regulate Cleaning Products Containing Hydrofluoric Acid as a Priority Product and share your thoughts.

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December 17, 2024 Virtual Workshop on Propylparaben and Butylparaben in Skin-Applied Leave-On Products

Join us for a workshop on December 17, 2024, to learn about our preliminary research findings on Propylparaben and Butylparaben in Skin-Applied Leave-On Products and share your thoughts.

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