I keep mine as PDF's, I can't really copy them here as they are ginormous. but you can go to CPSC and do a seach for :
Statement of Policy: Testing and Certification of Lead Content in Children’s Products
Excerpts from
Statement of Policy: Testing and Certification of Lead Content in Children’s Products
This statement of policy is issued by the Commission to provide guidance on the
testing and certification of children’s products for compliance with the lead content limits
established in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (“CPSIA”). The
Commission has received a number of questions on compliance with the new lead limits.
This document, which has been approved by the Commission, provides guidance. It does
not impose legal requirements beyond those already contained in the CPSIA or other
agency regulations.
D. Must all children’s products be tested and certified for lead content?
Another common question is whether all children’s products need to be tested and
certified for compliance with the new 300 ppm lead content limits. The law limits our
ability to exempt products from the lead content limit. However, we have found that
certain products, by their nature, will never exceed the lead content limit so those
products do not need to be tested and do not need certifications to show that they comply
with the law. These products include:
1. Precious gemstones: diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald;
2. Semiprecious gemstones and other minerals, provided that the mineral or material
is not based on lead or lead compounds: e.g., aragonite, bayldonite, boleite,
cerussite, crocoite, galena, linarite, mimetite, phosgenite, vanadinite, and
wulfenite;
3. Natural or cultured pearls;
4. Wood (any paint on wood needs to be tested and certified);
5. Paper and similar materials made from wood or other cellulosic fiber, including,
but not limited to, paperboard, linerboard and medium, and coatings on such
paper that soak into the paper and cannot be scraped off the surface;
6. CMYK process printing inks (inks that must meet the testing and certification
requirements include spot colors, other inks that are not used in the CMYK
process, and inks that can be scraped off the surface on which they are used or
that are used in after-treatment applications, including screen prints, transfers,
decals, or other prints);
7. Textiles (excluding after-treatment applications, such as screen prints, transfers,
decals, or other prints) consisting of:
a. Natural fibers (dyed or undyed) including, but not limited to, cotton,
kapok, flax, linen, jute, ramie, hemp, kenaf, bamboo, coir, sisal, silk, wool
(sheep), alpaca, llama, goat (mohair, cashmere), rabbit (angora), camel,
horse, yak, vicuna, qiviut, guanaco;
b. Manufactured fibers (dyed or undyed) including, but not limited to, rayon,
azlon, lyocell, acetate, triacetate, rubber, polyester, olefin, nylon, acrylic,
modacrylic, aramid, spandex;
8. Other plant-derived and animal-derived materials including, but not limited to,
animal glue, bee’s wax, seeds, nut shells, flowers, bone, sea shell, coral, amber,
feathers, fur, and untreated leather;
9. Surgical steel and other stainless steel within the designations of Unified
Numbering System, UNS S13800– S66286, not including the stainless steel
designated as 303Pb (UNS S30360), provided that no lead or lead-containing
metal is intentionally added. The non-steel or non-precious metal components of
a product, such as solder or base metals in electroplate, clad, or fill applications
must be tested and certified;
10. Precious metals: Gold (at least 10 karat); sterling silver (at least 925/1000);
platinum; palladium; rhodium; osmium; iridium; ruthenium, titanium.
