heysista ... just a heads up. While Swarovski maybe allowed by the CA lead in jewelry law, under 1 gram for children's and unlimited for adults, there's a good chance it will not pass the CPSIA total lead content testing. The lead oxidized glass that makes Swarovski so desirable is still 21% lead which in government speak translates to 210,000 ppm of lead or 350 X the limit allowed in Feb 2009, 700 X the limit allowed Aug 2009, and 2100 X the limit allowed Aug 2012. The CPSIA is not distinguishing accessable lead or lead able to leech out from a product from total lead content, they will simple put the product components in beakers of acid to dissolve it down to whatever lead there is, and even if 1 component fails the lead level testing then the entire piece will fail. So even though other legal entities deem Swarovski safe the CPSIA probably will not, since they are looking at the total lead by weight rather than if the lead can even come out of the the glass matrix without complex chemical reaction.
So, you know as jewelry makers we may be able to use, at least until March 23rd, 2009 the general conformity certificates issued or MSDS Sheets by our suppliers regarding our designs as our reasonable testing method, but not a general lead free statement. After March 23rd we will need to have 3rd party testing regardless if the suppliers have already tested the components.
