An amendment to Lead Poisoning Prevention Act

The governor of the Illinois approved the SB1943 to amend the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act(LPPA) on 26. August. 2011. A person should not manufacture, import, sale any products that do not comply with the requirements of LPPA in Illinois state, all involved products should affix a warning label when the lead content is more than 40ppm but should not exceed the limit of the federal standards.

The main amendments to the LPPA are listed as below:

1.adding a definition, the body-pierce jewelry means the any part of jewelry for placement in a new piercing or a mucous membrane.

2.amending the definition for child care article, add the products which are designed or intended to be used directly in the mouth or contacting with mouth by child under the age of six.

3.amending the definition for jewelry and list the specific product such as ankle bracelet, arm cuff, bracelet, brooch, chain, crown, cuff link, hair accessory, earring, necklace, decorative pin, ring.

4.amending the definition for toys containing paint, the requirements of paint apply to the external accessible coating including but not limited to ink, painting and varnish.

5.amending the definition for toys, it apply to child under the age of six but exclude the child’s childcare article and jewelry

6.a new warning label is needed when the lead content is more than 40ppm but below the limit of federal standard(coating:90ppm; substrate:100ppm)
  A:  the old warning label: "WARNING: CONTAINS LEAD. MAY BE HARMFUL IF EATEN OR CHEWED. MAY GENERATE DUST CONTAINING LEAD."
  B:  the new warning label: "WARNING: CONTAINS LEAD. MAY BE HARMFUL IF EATEN OR CHEWED. COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL STANDARDS."

7.the warning statement is not required when:
  A:  the component is inaccessible through normal and reasonably foreseeable use and abuse (CPSIA) or
  B:  the component is exempted from third party testing (CPSC)

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