DuPont™ Light Stabilizer 210 offers protection from the sun's UV rays for plastics used in products such as playground equipment, toys, outdoor furniture and construction components.

"We congratulate the EPA on this important initiative," said Terry Medley, DuPont global regulatory affairs director.  "We are fully supportive of the Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program and believe this program will give the EPA the information that it needs to help ensure the responsible use of new nanomaterials.  DuPont is proud to submit DuPont™ Light Stabilizer 210 for consideration under the 'basic' program, and encourages other companies and organizations to do the same.  This product is the first that we intend to submit under the EPA basic program."

"We welcome DuPont's participation in the Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program.  DuPont is the first company to submit data under the basic program, and we look forward to working with them," said Jim Alwood of EPA's Chemical Control Division.

DuPont™ Light Stabilizer 210 is a product designed to provide sun protection for plastics.  The product uses extremely small particles of titanium dioxide to efficiently absorb ultraviolet light, protecting plastic and anything it covers from the sun's damaging rays.  Because a sizeable percentage of titanium dioxide particles in the product are nanoscale, it was selected as a demonstration case for application of the Nano Risk Framework introduced in 2007.