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CPSC Public Meeting: Lead

Thursday, November 6, 2008
Bethesda, Maryland

This meeting discussed the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) limits for lead in both substrate and paint as well as address some of the technical issues regarding meeting those lead limits. It also provided an opportunity for participants to share their views with Commission staff regarding the upcoming rulemakings on what product components, or classes of components, will be considered inaccessible to a child through ordinary use and abuse. The meeting asked participants to comment on whether it will be technologically feasible for certain electronic devices to meet the new lead limits.

Read the Handouts:

Section 101 Lead Timetable (pdf)
Section 101 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (pdf)

Download the Presentations:

   CPSC Staff Presentations
Lead and the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) (pdf)

   Non-Government Participants' Presentations
These presentations were not prepared by the Commission or Commission staff and are not official documents of the CPSC, have not been reviewed by, and may not necessarily reflect the views of, the Commission.
Lead Use in Electronics (pdf)
Children's Products Containing Lead/ Lead Paint Rule (pdf)
Accessibility and Lead (pdf)
Applications of Definitions from a Human Factors Perspective (pdf)
Lead in Surface Coatings in Testing Programs (pdf)

Watch the Meeting:

Staff Presentations
Panel Presentations
Question and Answer Session

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