Spotlight on...Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
By just-style.com | 17 February 2009
A new and controversial law governing the amount of lead and chemicals in children's clothing on sale in the US came into force last week. But even though the Consumer Product Safety Commission has bowed to industry pressure for a one-year stay on the rule's testing and certification requirements, it still has huge implications for retailers and their suppliers, as Leonie Barrie finds out.
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