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02.09.2009 12:40 pm

Libraries get reprieve on lead testing

Post-Dispatch Book Editor

New rules on lead levels in children’s products go into effect tomorrow,  Feb. 10. The rules have vexed book publishers and librarians, who found many weaknesses in the lack of specific guidelines.

But now children’s books printed after 1985 don’t have to…

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01.09.2009 4:38 pm

Lead in kids’ books? Publishers fret over new regulations

Post-Dispatch Book Editor

Do parents need to worry about lead in books? According to a report in Publishers Weekly, book publishers are fretting about a new regulation that make require them to check kids’ books for lead.

Here’s part of the report:

“The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, enacted…

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