                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CLEANING AGENTS (§ 62.1-193.1)

Except as provided in § 62.1-193.2, a person may not use, sell, manufacture or
distribute for use or sale in the Commonwealth any cleaning agent that contains
more than zero percent phosphorus by weight expressed as elemental phosphorus
except for an amount not exceeding 0.5 percent that is incidental to
manufacturing. For the purposes of this chapter, &#8220;cleaning agent&#8221;
means a laundry detergent, dishwashing compound, household dishwashing
detergent, household cleaner, metal cleaner, industrial cleaner, phosphate
compound or other substance that is intended to be used for cleaning purposes.

HISTORY: 1987, cc. 66, 67; 2008, c. 10.