Effective Date: August 14, 2011
Starting next month, importers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors of children’s products will be required to certify that their products conform to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act’s (CPSIA) requirement that children’s products contain no more than 100 ppm of total lead content.
Testing must be undertaken by a third party test lab which is certified by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and lists of approved testing companies is available on its website here.
Both the testing of, and compliance with, these federal guidelines with respect to inaccessible internal parts of children’s products and certain component parts of children’s electronic devices are not mandated under this new rule.
This requirement is not to be confused however, with the levels set for lead paint or other surface coatings placed on children’s products. That limit of a total lead level of .009% remains the same as it has been the case since August 14, 2009.
Through the CPSIA, Congress seeks to reduce the exposure to lead on children 12 years of age and under, as lead is a heavy metal that is especially toxic to children. It has been associated with causing brain damage, hearing impairment, lowered learning levels, and at high levels can be fatal.
Questions/comments? Post below or email me at clark.deanna@gmail.com
Starting next month, importers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors of children’s products will be required to certify that their products conform to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act’s (CPSIA) requirement that children’s products contain no more than 100 ppm of total lead content.
Testing must be undertaken by a third party test lab which is certified by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and lists of approved testing companies is available on its website here.
Both the testing of, and compliance with, these federal guidelines with respect to inaccessible internal parts of children’s products and certain component parts of children’s electronic devices are not mandated under this new rule.
This requirement is not to be confused however, with the levels set for lead paint or other surface coatings placed on children’s products. That limit of a total lead level of .009% remains the same as it has been the case since August 14, 2009.
Through the CPSIA, Congress seeks to reduce the exposure to lead on children 12 years of age and under, as lead is a heavy metal that is especially toxic to children. It has been associated with causing brain damage, hearing impairment, lowered learning levels, and at high levels can be fatal.
Questions/comments? Post below or email me at clark.deanna@gmail.com
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