Retailers Rush to Comply with Lead Law
They are pulling children's products off the shelves as the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act goes into effect.
Los Angeles Times
Alana Semeuls
February 11, 2009
Retailers across the country are yanking shoes, toys, Valentine's gifts and other children's goods from shelves to comply with a strict lead law that took effect Tuesday.
The repercussions of the hotly debated Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which bans the sale of children's products containing dangerous amounts of lead and chemicals called phthalates, began rippling through the industry as manufacturers realized the law wasn't going away.