The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) opted on Friday to delay implementation of many of their new testing and certification regulations for one year, to enable them to review what products and organizations should be covered under the law.
This allows libraries to keep offering services to children, as the CPSC had ruled that libraries were covered under the statute, and would need to individually test each item to certify that it does not contain unsafe levels of lead or phthalates, effectively closing most childrens’ libraries.
My previous post, with links to various sources, can be found here.
found through Publishers Weekly (includes information on a request made by supporters of the regulations to President Obama to replace the head of the CPSC)
FEAR OF PHTHALATES IN PLASTICS – FACT OR FABLE