CPSC Extends CPSIA Lead Content Testing and Certification for another year!

I haven’t had time to digest this yet but I had to post that the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has voted to extend the lead content testing and certification stay for an additional year, or until 2/10/11.  This should provide welcome relief to many, many manufacturers. This means while children’s products must meet the [...]

Mama Got Her Gun on Fox & Friends

I can’t believe I never blogged about this. Really can’t believe it. So, just a little bit late, I’m excited to announce that I appeared on Fox & Friends on July 18, 2009. I was supposed to talk about chemicals in common household products and simple steps to reduce exposure, but we got a little [...]

CPSC Finds Home Lead Test Kits Unreliable

Today the Consumer Product Safety Commission  (CPSC) issued a press release reporting that the home lead check test kits are unreliable.  The CPSC found that of 104 total test results, fifty six (56) were false negatives – that is, reporting no lead present when in fact lead was present.  Two (2) reported false positives – [...]