“These materials or components can be used (separately or in combination) and sold (provided they have not been treated or altered or undergone any processing that could result in the addition of lead):
• Wood
• Other natural materials such as coral, amber, feathers, fur, leather, etc.• Paper and other materials made from wood or cellulosic fiber
• Dyed or undyed textiles (cotton, wool, hemp, nylon, yarn, etc.), including..
children’s fabric products, such as baby blankets, and non-metallic thread and trim. This does not include products that have rhinestones or other ornaments that may contain lead or that have fasteners with possible lead content (such as buttons, metal snaps, zippers or grommets). • Children’s books that use modern printing processes (CMYK process printing
inks). This does not include any part of a book that may contain lead (plastic, metal, or painted parts, such as spiral binding).
• Certain educational materials, such as chemistry sets
• Precious gemstones: diamond, ruby, sapphire or emeralds
• Semiprecious stones provided that the mineral or material is not based on lead and is not associated with any mineral based on lead
• Natural or cultured pearls
• Surgical steel/other stainless steel except stainless steel designated as 303Pb
• Gold, of at least 10 karats
• Silver, at least 925/1000 pure
• Platinum, palladium, rhodium, osmium, iridium, ruthenium, and titanium”

Under the CPSIA the above items do not need to be tested. However, if you sell in Illinois, there are more restrictive rules that may require you to test your items. Other state laws may have more restrictive limits.

The full forum thread at Rings & Things is http://www.rings-things.com/forum/index.php/topic,2947.0.html

Common sense says that if you sell an adult product to an adult and they choose to give it to a child you have no responsibility. However, common sense is not a big part of the CPSIA, a law that makes it illegal to resell used products in a thrift shop without destructive testing.

Unless you are using specific exempt materials (gold, sterling, gemstones, pearls, etc) you, the manufacturer, of the product are required to have testing done if you sell children’s jewelry. Even though the current testing requirements for many thing are postponed, the current CPSIA (and some recent state laws) make it illegal to sell jewelry intended for children under the age of 13 unless you have independent lab testing of the products.

It IS a bad law, hastily written and passed. There is no common sense exemptions for small, domestic jewelry and craft makers. Congress is finally considering some amendments to it but they do not eliminate the problems the CPSIA created. Nor do they fix the various state laws.

I suggest you read the last pages of my summaries on lead laws at http://www.rings-things.com/forum/index.php/topic,2947.0.html
Then check out the Handmade Toy association, the Fashion Jewelry Trade group and the CPSC itself at these links:
http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org/Home/our-proposal-to-modify-the-cpsia
http://www.fjta.org/
http://www.cpsc.gov/
http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/smbus/cpsiasbguide.html
http://www.whatisthecpsia.com/

Will you get caught and fined? Probably not. But is it legal to do what you ask? Not under current laws.

What can you do? Become knowledgeable on this issue and contact ALL your Congress members and chairs of committees dealing with this issue. Let Congress know that this well intentioned law has badly gone sideways.

Seriously, it is hard to find clear info on this. That’s why we built the CA page and labeled all our products.

The other page that will be helpful to you is
http://www.rings-things.com/LEAD.HTM