CEH Testifies CPSIA Has Successfully Reduced Lead in Kid's Products
On April 7, 2011, the Center for Environmental Health testified before a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 is working, particularly its limits on lead in children's products. CEH…
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pointed to a study it conducted on more than 1200 toys and other children’s products which it chose based on their tendency to have lead. CEH found that 96% of these riskier products were compliant with federal lead limits. It believes that the greater marketplace has even higher lead compliance rates. CEH says that since the CPSIA was enacted, lead hazards in children's products have been reduced by a factor of approximately three.