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Getting the Lead Out Kills Small Businesses, Doesn't Save Children
Publication Date: July 2009
Publisher(s): National Center for Policy Analysis (U.S.)
Author(s): H. Sterling Burnett; Michael Hand
Funder(s): National Center for Policy Analysis (U.S.)
Funder(s): National Center for Policy Analysis (U.S.)
Series: BA665
Topic: Environment (Environmental policy)
Keywords: Lead
Type: Brief
Abstract:
Products intended for use by children may not contain lead amounts greater than 100 parts per million (ppm) starting in 2011. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has ordered manufacturers, distributors and retailers to reduce the lead content of children's products from the current standard of 600 ppm.