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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Bolded, enlarged, underlined and redded for fucking truth. Damn, somebody needs to edit the news title as that is just a flat out incorrect statement. Now there's going to be yet another unecessary shitstorm over here, too. My goodness.

Based on the language of the law that I read here:
http://cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/summaries/101brief.html

and this supplemental letter regarding retroactive application of the new law, I didn't see anything that explicitly stated it only applied to items that have been recalled due to excessive amounts of lead. Even the FAQ on their site does not state it applies only to recalled items.

From what I understand of the law, in general it applies to all products designed and manufactured with the intention that they are to be used by children 12 and under. However, since there is nothing explicitly stated regarding whether this can/will be applied retroactively, it is ambiguous at best.

Regardless, I think that the retroactive application of this law is, as Destro put it, "completely unenforceable." This expansion of the 1988 law as a whole seems to be a typical knee-jerk political overreaction to the lead paint recalls from last year and the subsequent ebay nonsense that followed.