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CPSIA (H.R.4040): Lead, Phthalates

CPSIA is the Security Improvement Act signed into effect by US President Bush on August 14, 2008. This law is the strictest consumer protection law since the establishment of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 1972. In addition to stricter requirements for lead content in children's products, the new bill also sets new regulations on the content of harmful substances such as phthalates in toys and child care products. In addition, the bill also requires the establishment of a public database on consumer product safety.

Testing items: Lead content testing for toys/children's products and coatings/paint; Testing of small components that are prone to suffocation; Rubber/pacifier; A children's bed with railings; Children's metal jewelry; Inflatable baby trampoline, baby walker, jump rope.

Prohibited products: Starting from 180 days after the effective date of the regulations (February 10, 2009), it is illegal for anyone to provide the following products. It is illegal to produce and sell any children's toys or childcare items containing DEHP, DBP, or BBP with a concentration higher than 0.1%;

 

Requirements for children's products containing lead or with lead containing coatings:

Implement phased restrictions on the lead content of all components of children's products, requiring that the total lead content limit of any accessible part of the product be reduced from 600 ppm (0.06%) by weight to 100 ppm (0.01%) by weight within a period of 3 years.

Lead content limit (proportion of total lead content to weight):

In children's products, except for non accessible ingredients, the content shall not exceed 600ppm (0.06%), starting 180 days after the date of regulation (February 10, 2009); Not exceeding 300ppm (0.03%), one year after the date of regulation (August 14, 2009); Not exceeding 100ppm (0.01%), from 3 years after the date of regulation (August 14, 2011).

Children's products and toys are coated with lead paint that does not exceed 90ppm (0.009%), one year after the date of the regulation (August 14, 2009).

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