HB 1806 - DIGEST
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 4TH SUB)

Requires the state board of health to adopt by rule a list of products that the board considers to pose a high hazard to the health of children or staff if applied in or on school facilities. In developing the list, the board shall include at least products that fall in each of the following categories. Products that: (1) Meet the criteria of toxicity category I or toxicity category II for pesticides as defined by the United States environmental protection agency in 40 C.F.R. Sec. 156.62 as it exists on the effective date of this act;

(2) Are classified as known, likely, probable, or possible carcinogens by the United States environmental protection agency on the effective date of this act; listed as causing cancer under the state of California's Proposition 65 on the effective date of this act; or classified by the international agency for research on cancer as a known, probable, or possible carcinogen on the effective date of this act;

(3) Are determined to be known, probable, or suspected endocrine disruptors by the state of Illinois's environmental protection agency on the effective date of this act;

(4) Are identified by the United States toxics release inventory on the effective date of this section as having chronic neurologic effects or contain N-methyl-carbamate, neuro-toxic organophosphorus compounds, or pyrethroids;

(5) Are identified on the effective date of this act by the United States toxics release inventory or listed on the effective date of this act under the state of California's Proposition 65 as causing birth defects, reproductive harm, or developmental harm;

(6) Are labeled as part of its state or federal registration as being toxic to fish, birds, bees, wildlife, or domestic animals; and

(7) Are persistent in soil, as defined by a half-life in soil of more than sixty days, except for minerals, i.e., nonorganic chemicals.