# 2026-12695: Safety Agency Says Lead Limits Cannot Get Any Lower

2026-12695, Notice of Commission Determination Regarding Technological Feasibility of Lead Content Reduction, is a Federal Register notice from Consumer Product Safety Commission published 2026-06-24; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-01).

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- As of: 2026-07-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-12695
- Title: Notice of Commission Determination Regarding Technological Feasibility of Lead Content Reduction
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Citation: 91 FR 37957
- Published: 2026-06-24
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-07-01

## In one line

Safety Agency Says Lead Limits Cannot Get Any Lower

## Summary

The Consumer Product Safety Commission checked if it’s possible to lower lead limits in kids’ products and paints even more. They found the current rules already require the lowest lead levels that technology can handle, so no changes will happen now. This means manufacturers can keep making safe products without new costs or deadlines for now.

## Abstract

As required by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) has evaluated whether to revise lead limits for children's products and paints or similar surface-coating materials, including toys and other articles intended for use by children and furniture articles for consumer use, that bear lead-containing paint. The Commission has determined that current regulations already require the lowest amount of lead that is technologically feasible to achieve. Therefore, the Commission is not revising these lead limits at this time.

## Effects PRIA read

- Lead Limits Stay the Same: benefit, low. On June 24, 2026 the CPSC said it will not lower lead limits for children's products or paints. The current limits remain: 100 parts per million (ppm) for total lead in components of children's products and 0.009 percent lead by weight for paints or similar surface coatings.
- Third-Party Lab Certification Requirement: cost, medium. Manufacturers and importers of children's products subject to the lead requirements must certify their product using a CPSC-accepted third-party laboratory (statutory requirement cited at 15 U.S.C. 2063).

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## Sources
- [2026-12695 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12695/notice-of-commission-determination-regarding-technological-feasibility-of-lead-content-reduction)
- [2026-12695 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12695.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12695 (as of 2026-07-01).