Category: anti-lead law

Parents Warned: Bounce Houses Pose Lead Hazard to Children

NATIONAL – An investigation by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) has prompted lawsuits to be filed today by CEH and the California Attorney General against leading makers, distributors and suppliers of bounce houses (also called jump houses or inflatable jumpers). CEH testing found one bounce house contained more than 70 times the federal limit…

Motorcycles, ATVs for kids probably not exempt from lead law.

The AP (4/2) reports, “Motorcycle shops apparently won’t get a pass on a new anti-lead law that has kept dirt bikes and ATVs for children off showroom floors” as “staff at the Consumer Product Safety Commission have decided against recommending an exemption for” them.