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California’s DTSC Website a Depository for Lead Free Information, Defines Own Role
Friday, September 25, 2009
The Department of Toxic Substance Control’s Lead in Plumbing website provides a comprehensive review of the state’s new lead free legislation (AB 1953), while more importantly defining its’ own role in the implementation, enforcement and monitoring of the statute.
The new legislation is getting lots of press, as well it should. The January 1 kick-off is less than a football season away. Up until now, the law has been debated, legislated and more recently formulated. Now it must be regulated and that’s where the DTSC comes in.
Highlights of the site include:- The Department’s Testing and Evaluation of Lead Content in Plumbing Products fact sheet, published this past August, outlines the protocols, formulas and criteria that will be used when testing drinking water faucets to determine compliance.
- Recent legislation that requires the DTSC to coordinate with the Department of Health (DOH) to evaluate lead free compliance.
- A list of ANSI accredited laboratories qualified for product testing and compliance.
- A FAQ section that answers important questions like how does lead get into our drinking water, which products are required to comply and which are exempt, and the specifics of a monitoring and compliance program (75 faucets annually – are you serious!)
Changing sports analogies manufacturers are putting on a full court press, building lead free inventories, alerting customers and gearing up marketing campaigns. As January 1 fast approaches, check back to WeAreLeadFree.net for all things relevant to lead free, in California and around the country.
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