Amazon
- A video about how your purchases might be from the actual trash.
- This article from the NYT Wirecutter covers much of the same, including that allegation that Amazon wasn’t reviewing safety documentation before unsafe carseats were being posted by third-party sellers.
- An article from Inc, about the ease of selling counterfeit car seats on Amazon
- Another one from Inc, with some alarming tales of counterfeit toys that posed an actual danger to kids.
Toy Safety and Testing
- About The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)
- Understand how Children’s Products are classified and labeled
- ASTM International’s Toy Safety Standard (F963)
- ASTM F 963-17 Requirements per the CPSC
- Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
Lead
- Understanding Units of Measure
- Units of Measure used in the Lead Based Paint Field
- QUEST study on children’s blood lead levels in US
- QUEST lead levels study press release .
- CDC Lowers Blood Lead Reference Level October 2021
- American Academy of Pediatrics on Lead Testing
- Testing Toys for Lead via CPSC
- EPA Lead (Pb) Research Recent Highlights
- Where Lead Hides–Info Sheet found online