Well, no answer from the ombudsman. I'm sure he's a very busy person, but I'm impatient. However I have e-mailed a couple companies to ask about testing and heard back from one today. Their reply was that their understanding is since the epoxy and polyurethane dots are neither plastic or metal they do not require testing. Ok, thats nice, but it's not really considered an expempt material (is it?).... so what now?