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This is an optimistic hope for the set of laws that many in the industry have found to be unreasonable, at best. One of the main concerns is competing standards still exist, particularly California’s Proposition 65 which has, to this point, been the most stringent state regulation of lead and other contaminants in consumer products. “If [California] wants to see 70 ppm of lead and the national standard is 90, then we have to set our standard to Prop 65,” Soep explained. Products that exist in the gray area between 70 and 90 ppm seem to be out of luck.
Other concerns include the fact that the new laws also detail how suppliers must deal with inventory that had been in-stock prior to the passing of CPSIA, the expense of third-party testing and how to plan for a future that includes constantly changing requirements.
“The confusion and ambiguity in certain sections of the CPSIA must be resolved so that [the] industry and the public know what is expected,” noted David Nicholson, president of New Kensington, Pennsylvania-based Leed’s.