LIBRARY NOTE Product Safety Letter will not have a December 25, 2006 issue due to its schedule of 50 issues per year. The next issue, Vol. 36, No. 1, will be January 1, 2006. The staff of Product Safety Letter wishes you and yours joyous holidays and a happy and prosperous 2007.
JEWELRY BAN CONSIDERED; SENATORS ISSUE REPORT CPSC members voted December 11 to instruct staff to draft an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to consider a ban of toy jewelry with more than 0.06% lead by weight.
THREAD MAKERS SEEK CLARITY ON SUBSTITUTIONS Representatives of the thread industry December 12 urged CPSC to clarify what is acceptable in seam-thread substitutions between prototype mattresses and production units.
ATV MAKER SEEKS ‘COMPETITION USE ONLY’ EXEMPTION A small ATV company that makes only racing models for youth December 12 asked CPSC to consider a “competition use only” exemption to in-the-works regulations.
COMPASSES SUGGESTED FOR MAGNET DIAGNOSIS Use of a compass in diagnosing children who might have swallowed small magnets was suggested by a report by CPSC and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staff.
CPSC URGES SAFE USE OF GAMES AND NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS CPSC December 12 reported that it knows of 226 incidents since January 2000 involving electronic gaming consoles, including 107 reports of overheating and fire and 15 associated with injuries.
