Toy safety standard revised
Kids Today Staff -- Kids Today, 12/22/2011 3:01:24 PM
West Conshohocken, PA - ASTM International Committee F15 on Consumer Products has approved revisions to ASTM F963, Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety. If the CPSC agrees that the revisions improve safety, ASTM F963-11 will replace the 2008 version of the standard as federal law in 180 days.
Changes include revisions to the section on heavy metals, the introduction of compositing procedures and new safety requirements and technical guidance for bath toy projections, acoustics and other potential safety hazards.
Limits for heavy metals in toy substrates have been added to the existing surface coating requirements. A soluble approach for determination of heavy elements in toys and toy components has been maintained as this has been demonstrated to be more closely correlated than total content with the amount of element which is bioavailable, and therefore with risk of toxicity. Revisions specify the conditions under which compositing is allowable, when a composite result may be relied upon without further testing and when testing of individual samples must subsequently be performed. Revisions also address the potential hazards that may be presented by vertical, or nearly vertical, rigid projections on bath toys, to minimize possible puncture or other hazards to the skin that might be caused if a child were to fall on a rigid projection. Among other revised areas of the standard are sections on jaw entrapment; toys with spherical ends; stability of ride on toys; requirements for squeeze toys attached to rings; use of cords, straps and elastics; packaging film and yo-yo tether balls.
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