Lead testing of Medals

[SSScout 1616]

We have just been informed that PRAY will no longer administer our religious award medals because the CPSC now requires that all children's jewelry be tested for lead and meet the new lead free (low value) test. They cite real high costs and hassles.

This will affect all other faith medals as well, and by implication ANY metallic jewelry like item hung on a child must meet the same requrements.

http://www.cpsc.gov/businfo/pbjeweltest.pdf

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml05/05097.html

 

"Child" appears to be defined as age 12 and younger, but even so...

 

Any thing else out there?

 

We may go to (shudder) aluminized Eagle awards?

 

[sheldonsmom 10]

Just talked to PRAY and this is NOT true. They have tested the medals and submitted all the appropriate paperwork to the PTB. Even the books have been tested.

 

How did we live to adulthood? This is so ridiculous.

[FScouter 24]

The CPSC press release is dated over 4 years ago.

[ScoutNut 147]

This is not new. The announcements are over 4 years old.

 

All things related to children (toys, jewelry, etc) have to be tested for lead. That is how BSA found out that the Wolf/Bear Immediate Recognition Totem had high lead levels and had to be replaced.

 

 

[SSScout 1616]

Well, the story is , as is obvious in another thread, more complicated. Adult medals seem not to be affected. Some awards, in the larger categories, are being redesigned and recast to comply. But some of us smaller categories are affected. Stay tuned.

[John-in-KC 311]

What is more important, and the reason I posted, is that PRAY is very much in the business of providing curriculum support to protestant Christians. I do have to wonder, since they serve as a clearinghouse for several non-Christian programs, what they are doing there?