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An Act To Define "Contaminant" in the Laws Governing Toxic Chemicals in Children's Products
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  38 MRSA §1691, sub-§7-A  is enacted to read:
 
7-A.  Contaminant.     "Contaminant" means a trace element of a chemical that is incidental to manufacturing and serves no intended function in the product component. "Contaminant" includes, but is not limited to, unintended by-products of chemical reactions during the manufacture of the product component, trace impurities in feedstock, incompletely reacted chemical mixtures and degradation products.
 
SUMMARY
This bill amends the laws governing toxic chemicals in children's products to define the term "contaminant" as used in those laws.