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AS-NZS 8124-3 (2012) (English): Safety of toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements [By Authority of New Zealand Product Safety Standards (Children's Toys) Regulations 2005 (SR 2005/236)] We will sell to no man, we will not deny or defer to any man either justice or right. Magna Carta— T ūtohinga Nui Kore rawa e hoko ki te tangata, e kore e whakakhoretia, ā e tautuku rnei te tangata ki te ture, tika ranei. ā AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2012 o Australian/New Zealand Standard™ Safety of toys STANDARDS Part 3: Migration of certain elements NEW ZEALAND PAEREWA AOTEAROA (ISO 8124-3:2010, MOD) STANDARDS AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2012 This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical Committee CS-018, Safety of Children's Toys. It \vas approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 17 August 20 I I and on behalf of the Council of Standards New Zcaland on 22 December 20 II. This Standard was published on 25 January 2012. The following are represented on Committee CS-O 18: Australian Chamher of Commerce and Industry Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Australian Toy Association CHOICE Consumer Affairs Victoria Consumers Federation of Australia Kidsafe Ministry of Consumer Affairs (New Zealand) National Acoustic Laboratories National Retail Association New Zealand Toy Distributors Association Office of Fair Trading NSW Consumer Protection Agency Pigment Ecological & Toxicological Technical Committee of Australia Queensland Health Safekids New Zealand The Children's Hospital at Wcstmead Keeping Standards up-to-date Standards are living documents which reflect progress in science, technology and systems. To maintain their currency, all Standards are periodically reviewed, and new editions are published. Between editions, amendments may be issued. Standards may also be withdrawn. 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Please address your comments to the Chief Executive of either Standards Australia or Standards New Zealand at the address shown on the back cover. This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR ASINZS ISO 8124.3. AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2012 Australian/New Zealand Standard™ Safety of toys Part 3: Migration of certain elements (ISO 8124-3:2010, MOD) Originated in Australia as part of AS 1647~1974. Previous and first joint edition AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2003. Second edition 2012. COPYRIGHT © Standards Australia Limited/Standards New Zealand All rights are reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without the written permission of the publisher. unless otherwise permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Australia) or the Copyright Act 1994 (New Zealand). Jointly published by SAl Global Limited under licence from Standards Australia Limited, GPO Box 476, Sydney, NSW 2001 and by Standards New Zealand, Private Bag 2439, Wellington 6140 ISBN 978 1 743420140 ii PREFACE This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee CS-OIS, Safety of Children's Toys to supersede AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2003, Salety (~l toys, Part 3: Migration olcertain elements (ISO 8124-3, 1997, i'vfOD), The objective of this Standard is to provide requirements to limit the bioavailability of certain elements resulting from the use of toys, This Standard is an adoption with national modifications, and has been reproduced from ISO 8124-3:2010, Safety ol toys-Part 3: Migration ol certain elements and has been varied to take account of Australian/New Zealand conditions, Variations are set out in Appendix ZZ. As this Standard is reproduced from an International Standard, the following applies: (a) Its number appears on the cover and title page while the International Standard number appears only on the cover. (b) In the source text 'this part ofISO 8124' should read 'this part of AS/NZS ISO 8124'. (c) A full point substitutes for a comma when referring to a decimal marker. References to International Standards should be replaced by references to Australian or Australian/New Zealand Standards, as follows: Reference to International Standard Australian/New Zealand Standard ISO AS/NZS ISO 8124 Safety of toys 8124 Safety of toys 8124-] Part 1: Safety aspects related to 8] 24.1 Part] : Safety aspects related to mechanical mechanical and physical properties and physical properties (ISO 8124-1 :2009, MOD) 3696 Water for analytical laboratory use- Specification and test methods The terms 'normative' and 'informative' have been used in this Standard to define the application of the annex or appendix to which they apply. A 'normative' annex or appendix is an integral part of a Standard, whereas an 'informative' annex or appendix is only for information and guidance. AS/NZS ISO 8124 consists of the following parts, under the general title, Safetyoltoys: Part I: Safety aspects related to mechanical and physical properties (ISO 8124-1 :2009, MOD) Part 2: Flammability [Identical with ISO 8124-2:2007] Part 3 Migration of certain elements (ISO 8124-3 :20 10 , MOD) Part 6: Swings, slides and similar activity toys for indoor and outdoor family domestic use [Identical with ISO 8124-4:2010] AS/NZS 8124 has the following parts under the same general title: Part 9: Organic chemical compounds-Requirements [Identical with EN 71-9:2005] Part 10: Organic chemical compounds-Sample preparation and extraction [Identical with EN 71-10:2005] Part 11 Organic chemical compounds-Methods of analysis [Identical with EN 71-11 :2005] iii AS 8124 has the following parts under the same general title: Part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities [Identical with EN 71-4: 1998] Part 5: Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets [Identical with EN 71-5:1993] Part 7 Finger paints-Requirements and test methods [Identical with EN 71-7:2002] iv CONTENTS 1 Scope ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Normative references ............................................................................................................................ 2 3 Terms and definitions ........................................................................................................................... 2 4 Maximum acceptable levels ................................................................................................................. 3 4.1 Specific requirements ........................................................................................................................... 3 4.2 Interpretation of results ........................................................................................................................ 3 5 Principle ..................................................................................................................................................4 6 Reagents and apparatus ....................................................................................................................... 4 6.1 Reagents .................................................................................................................................................4 6.2 Apparatus ...............................................................................................................................................4 7 Selection of test portions ..................................................................................................................... 5 8 Preparation and extraction of test portions ........................................................................................ 5 8.1 Coatings of paint, varnish, lacquer, printing ink, polymer and similar coatings ............................ 5 8.2 PolymeriC and similar materials, including laminates, whether textile-reinforced or not, but excluding other textiles .................................................................................................................. 6 8.3 Paper and paperboard .......................................................................................................................... 6 8.4 Natural, artificial or synthetic textiles ................................................................................................. 7 8.5 Glass/ceramic/metallic materials ......................................................................................................... 7 8.6 Other materials, whether mass-coloured or not, e.g. wood, fibreboard, bone and leather ........... 8 8.7 Materials intended to leave a trace ...................................................................................................... 8 8.8 Pliable modelling materials, including modelling clays and gels .................................................. 10 8.9 Paints, including finger paints, varnishes, lacquers, glazing powders and similar materials in solid or liquid form ......................................................................................................... 11 9 Detection limits of quantitative elemental analysis ......................................................................... 12 10 Test report ............................................................................................................................................ 12 Annex A (normative) Sieve requirements ...................................................................................................... 13 Annex B (informative) Selection of procedure ............................................................................................... 14 Annex C (informative) Background and rationale ......................................................................................... 15 Bibliography ......................................................................................................................................................2 1 Appendix ZZ (normative) Variations to ISO 8124-3:2010 for Australia and New Zealand .......... 22 v INTRODUCTION The requirements of this part of ISO 8124 are based on the bioavailability of certain elements resulting from the use of toys and should not, as an objective, exceed the following levels per day: 0,2 IJg for antimony; 0,1 IJg for arsenic; 25,0 IJg for barium; 0,6 )Jg for cadmium; 0,3 IJg for chromium; 0,7 IJg for lead; 0,5 IJg for mercury; 5,0 I-Ig for selenium. For the interpretation of these values, it has been necessary to identify an upper limit for the ingestion of toy material. Very limited data have been available for identifying this upper limit. As a working hypothesis, a summed average daily intake of the various toy materials has been gauged at the currently accepted value of 8 mg/d, being aware that in certain individual cases these values might be exceeded. By combining the daily intake with the bioavailability values listed above, limits are obtained for various toxic elements in micrograms per gram of toy material (milligrams per kilogram) and are detailed in Table 1. The values obtained have been adjusted to minimize children's exposure to toxic elements in toys and to ensure analytical feasibility, taking into account limits achievable under current manufacturing conditions (see Annex C). vi NOTES