Late last January, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) slipped manufacturers and importers of children’s products an 11 month extension of the stay of enforcement for testing and certification of lead content in children’s products (other than metal components of children’s jewelry). This was the third (and ostensibly final) extension of the stay of a [...]
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19 Nov
EPA Takes You To School
Earlier this week, the EPA released draft voluntary guidelines intended to help local officials and community members select safe locations for establishing new schools. According to the EPA, more than 1,900 new schools (serving about 1 million children and costing more than $13 billion) opened in the 2008-2009 school year. In the case of such [...]
