CPSC Lowers Lead Levels
GDA Staff -- Gifts and Dec, 7/18/2011 1:50:20 PM
Washington, DC - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted 3-2 that there was insufficient evidence to make a determination that manufacturers of children's products sold in the United States could not meet a total lead content limit of 100 parts per million (ppm) for a product or product category. Therefore a new total lead content limit, called for in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, will go into effect on August 14.
Congress had directed the CPSC to phase in reduced levels for lead content over a three year period, starting with 600 ppm on February 10, 2009, then 300 ppm on August 14, 2009, and finally, 100 ppm, unless the Commission determined it was not technologically feasible.
Staff found that materials containing less than 100 ppm total lead content are commercially available in the marketplace for manufacturers, as well as many products currently on the market that are already in compliance with the new 100 ppm total lead content limit.
CPSC will not enforce the CPSIA's independent third party testing requirement for total lead content until December 31, 2011, due to a stay of enforcement that is already in place. The stay of enforcement does not apply to children's metal jewelry, which currently must undergo independent third party testing.
The new 100 ppm lead content limit does not apply to inaccessible (internal) parts of children's products and certain component parts of children's electronic devices, like electronic connectors and plugs, including headphone plugs.
Lead content levels for children's products are different from the levels Congress set for lead in paint or surface coatings. The limit for lead in paint or surface coatings has been .009 percent since August 14, 2009, and independent third party testing is required for all paints or surfaces coatings used on children's products.
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