Law to Protect Children from Gasoline Burns Conforms to ASTM Int'l Standard - ASTM F 2517
July 14, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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A law approved by the U.S. Congress will help protect children from gasoline burns by requiring that portable gasoline containers have child-resistant closures that conform to an ASTM International consumer safety standard.
The new law will require that all gasoline containers sold in the U.S. meet the requirements of ASTM F 2517 - Standard Specification for Determination of Child Resistance of Portable Fuel Containers for Consumer Use.
This includes a test method to improve the safety of gas cans and help prevent burn injuries to children resulting from gasoline storage.
At a congressional hearing in 2007, Consumers Union testified in support of the legislation noting that child-resistant gas can closures will help protect against accidental poisoning and chemical burns in addition to thermal burns.
By requiring the ASTM standard, the Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act closes a loophole that exempted gas cans, which are sold empty, from stricter child-resistance requirements for packaging for household products that contain dangerous materials, according to ASTM International.
ASTM F2517 was developed and maintained by ASTM Committee F15 on Consumer Products.
Source: ASTM International.