Banned in Canada? Yes. The current product IS going to be banned in Canada. Not the stupid blue and yellow can. The stuff IN the can.
Gonna have to ask you to cite your source on the VOC for the US formulation.
Assuming you are correct about the the US formulation being <25%, Canada has restricted VOCs to less than <10%, so I don't think you'll be getting the same stuff.
But hey, if you like laws that increasingly restrict your access to purchase useful products that the rest of us like to have in the garage because you think WD40 is what is gonna kill the environment, I guess you're living in the right place.
Canadian version (See section 9 - VOC content)
US Version (See section 9 - VOC content)
The changes are not a blanket 10%. across all products. In the upcoming changes, brake cleaner is being limited to 10%. WD-40 is likely categorized as a "penetrating lubricants designed primarily for loosening metal parts that have bonded together". We all know it has way more uses than that, but that's the generally accepted use - at least in my opinion. That particular category is being limited to 25%. (
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2021-268/page-4.html#docCont). Generally it seems like we're simply moving to regulations that are more inline with what's already in the US, or possibly CARB, which I understand is the strictest in the US.
So again, my expectation is that we start receiving the same formulation that has been sold in the US for at least the last 2 years (given the date on the US MSDS is from 2021). Assuming the high VOC content version is the original, I don't recall any public outcry regarding the change in formula. We're an extremely small market, and typically we get the same products that are produced in the US (assuming a company decides it's even worthwhile to setup Canadian distribution). The only reason I can think of as to why they didn't change previously, is the VOC version is cheaper to make.
Again, no longer a fan of the guy in the video. The headline is WD-40 being banned, yet he doesn't address the specifics of WD-40. The brake cleaner he does address and has in his hand also doesn't match the SDS that he shows on the screen. The SDS for the product in his hand is here: (
http://images.salsify.com/image/upload/s--m-Lml7wM--/cyyb7wzip2mygaiyvynr.pdf). No acetone listed in the chemical composition section. I even checked a few others and don't see acetone is a main ingredient in any of their Brakleen products. I really can't tell which product SDS he's showing. It is from CRC, but it doesn't appear to be the product in his hand.
