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Recommendations for Interagency Working Group on Import Safety
This letter contains the Department of Health and Human Services’ Advisory
Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention’s recommendations to reduce
health hazards posed by the presence of elevated levels of lead in
children’s jewelry, clothing ornaments, and paint applied to children’s toys.
Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children (2005)
(PDF)
This revision accompanies a companion document, developed by the Advisory
Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention which reviews the scientific
evidence for adverse effects in children at blood lead levels below 10 µg/dL.