Our Mission at Duke Toxicology is to perform and advance the toxicological and regulatory evaluation for the safety, regulatory compliance, and proper labeling of consumer products.
The Duke Toxicology Program evaluates consumer products for, first and foremost, safety, regulatory compliance, and proper chemical hazard labeling (if applicable). Such evaluations are necessary to comply with federal and state laws concerning consumer product labeling and worker hazard communication. Our program maintains a comprehensive database of thousands of chemicals, allowing the program to conduct risk evaluations across complex and international supply chains.
The Duke Toxicology Program is the primary toxicology service provider for the Art and Creative Materials Institute (www.acmiart.org) and currently serves hundreds of companies -- domestic and international -- which import or produce children’s and fine art materials sold in the United States.
The Duke Toxicology Program has evaluated over 40,000 commercial and consumer products for hazard labeling requirements under state, federal, and international laws.
Services offered by the Duke Toxicology Program include the following evaluations:
- The U.S Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA)
- TheU.S Labeling of Hazardous Art Materials Act (LHAMA)
- U.S State Chemicals of Concern including California Prop 65
- The Canadian Consumer Product Safety Act Regulations
- The EU Toy Safety Directive/Biocide Directive/EN-71.3
- The New Zealand EPA Hazardous Substance Classification Notice (2020)
Other more product-related services include
- Material safety data sheet preparation
- Product development assistance
- U.S. importation regulations and labeling of consumer products