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Children's Health at OEHHA
The California Education Code Section 32064 prohibits schools from ordering or purchasing any product that contains toxic or carcinogenic substances for use in grades K-6. The law (Education Code Section 32065) also restricts the purchase of such products in grades 7-12, allowing the use only if the product bears a label informing the user of the presence of hazardous ingredients, the potential health effects, and instructions for the safe use. This restriction applies whether or not the product is included on the list of unacceptable art and crafts supplies.
Section 32066 of the Education Code requires that OEHHA develop a list of art and crafts materials "which cannot be purchased or ordered" for use in kindergarten and grades one through six.
Accordingly, we are providing you with a list of unacceptable products -- those which "cannot be purchased." The products are those listed among the Arts and Creative Materials Institute's (ACMI) determinations of products that require a "Health Label/Caution Required Seal," dated February 2007. Additionally, we may include products that have been recalled as reported by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Guidelines for the Safe Use of Art and Craft Materials (html)
Guidelines for the Safe Use of Art and Craft Materials (pdf)
List of Hazardous Art and Craft Materials
that Can Not be Purchased for Use in Grades K- 6
(May 2007)
California Department of Education
Tools for Schools Program (USEPA)
Indoor air quality in schools
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a free source of used materials to California's schools, during these times of limited resources.
