CPSC Commissioners Issue Statements on 100 ppm Lead Vote
Commissioners Nord and Northup and Chairman Tenenbaum of the Consumer Product Safety Commission have issued statements on CPSC's recent 3-2 vote for the 100 parts per million lead content limit for children’s products to take effect as scheduled on August…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.
14, 2011. Chairman Tenenbaum stated that the vote was an important step forward in achieving the goal to “get the lead out” of toys and other children’s products. Commissioner Nord stated that due to the majority's decision, some companies will have to stop offering certain safe products and parents will have to pay more for virtually everything they buy for their children, all with no real health benefits. Commissioner Northup notes the difficulties companies will face in petitioning CPSC for an exemption from the 100 ppm lead content limit, which was suggested as a possible means of relief by Chairman Tenenbaum during a Commission discussion of the limit.