CPSC on the safety issues on children products
The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) was formed in the 1970s and till now, it has taken charge of protecting consumers against risks of injuries resulting from the use of consumer products. Under the Commission, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) was signed into the United States law to further strengthen the safety measures required in consumer products.
Lately, through the law, the Commission has aimed to substantially reduce children’s exposure to lead. The dangers of lead poisoning includes irreversible brain damage, kidney problems and may even be fatal. Towards the end of the 1970s, the problem was so serious, that millions of children in America had been tested that they had elevated blood lead levels that were deemed unhealthy!
The CPSC noticed the severity of the situation and have decided that any children product that consists more than 600 parts per million (ppm) of lead in any part of an accessible product would be seen as dangerous. Which means that any children’s product from toys to baby nursery bedding which contains more than 600ppm would be dangerous for children under the CPSIA.
The CPSC has also defined that any person at the age of 12 years or younger would be seen as children under the law and all products that were made with the intention of selling mainly to the these group of children will have to comply to it.
This law also applies to all baby nursery bedding, nursery decoration, toys and children’s products that were manufactured before the date of the law that was implemented. The Commission also requires all goods that were manufactured after 90 days since the creation of the rule to be assessed by an accredited third party. This is to ensure that the manufacturers adhere to the safety rules that the Commission has implemented.
In addition, they have shown their determination in making all products extremely safe for use by intending to drop the limits to 300ppm in August and further reduce it again in 2011 to a level which is seen reasonable according to the technology available by then. However, with the rapid advancement of technology, all toys and baby nursery bedding might contain only traces of lead and would be extremely safe for use in the near future.
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