The new consumer-protection law: an interview with the Consumer Product Safety Commission

Action sports apparel companies are scrambling to understand, prepare and comply with a new consumer-safety law that requires testing of clothes and other products for lead and phthalates, which are harmful chemicals used in plastic and vinyl.

Today we start a series of stories to expain the requirements and show the impact they've had on action sports businesses and how companies are adjusting. 

Published: May 13, 2013

Action sports apparel companies are scrambling to understand, prepare and comply with a new consumer-safety law that requires testing of clothes and other products for lead and phthalates, which are harmful chemicals used in plastic and vinyl.

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