WASHINGTON ISSUES GUIDANCE FOR LEAD, CADMIUM, AND PHTHALATES IN CHILDREN’S PRODUCTS
Background Washington enforced limits on lead, cadmium, and phthalates in children’s products in 2008. On the 14th of August of that year Congress enacted the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), P.L. 110–314. The federal CPSIA imposes its own limits on lead, certain phthalates, and cadmium (among other substances) in certain categories of children’s products.