Links

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