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Lead Risk Reduction Strategy

The regulatory proposal in this document has been updated. For more current information, please refer to: Summary of the Lead Risk Reduction Strategy for Consumer Product

2002

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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  
  
• 1.0 Issue
• 2.0 Background
  • 2.1 Properties and Uses of Lead
  • 2.2 Toxicity of Lead
  • 2.3 Exposure to Lead
  • 2.4 Lead Exposure in Canada
    
    
• 3.0 Hazards Associated with Leaded Consumer Products
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Incidents Involving Lead in Children's Products
    
    
• 4.0 The Lead Risk Reduction Strategy
  • 4.1 Health Canada's Lead Risk Management Policy
  • 4.2 The Need for a Lead Risk Reduction Strategy for Consumer Products
    
    
• 5.0 Development of the Lead Risk Reduction Strategy
  • 5.1 Background
  • 5.2 Risk Management Options Considered under the LRRS
    • 5.2.1 Regulatory Controls on Lead Content of Consumer Products
    • 5.2.2 No change in Current Management Practices
    • 5.2.3 Voluntary Compliance Program
    • 5.2.4 Combined Voluntary Compliance and Regulatory Program
      
      
• 6.0 Proposed Regulations under the Lead Risk Reduction Strategy (LRRS) for consumer products
  • 6.1 General Considerations
  • 6.2 Proposed Regulations
    • 6.2.1 Group 1: Products Likely to be Ingested in Significant Quantities
    • 6.2.2 Group 2: Products Intended to be or likely to be place in or near the Mouth
    • 6.2.3 Group 3: Children's Equipment, Furniture, Toys, and other Items intended for use by a child in learning or play
    • 6.2.4 Group 4: Products that are intended for use in preparing, serving, consuming, or storing food or beverages
    • 6.2.5 Group 5: Consumer Products Intended to be or likely to be or Burned in Enclosed Spaces
      
      
• 7.0 Implementation of the Lead Risk Reduction Strategy
  
  
• References
  
  
• List of Figures
  • Figure 1: Health Effects of Lead on Adults and Children
  • Figure 2: Routes of Lead Exposure
  • Figure 3: Lead in the Body
  • Figure 4: Canadian Trends in Concentration of Lead in Canadian air, 1975-1990
    
    
• List of Appendices
  • Appendix A: Definitions
  • Appendix B: Products Currently Regulated for Lead Content under the federal Hazardous Products Act
  • Appendix C: Lead Toxicity
  • Appendix D: Federal Legislation and Guidelines related to Lead Exposure
  • Appendix E: The Lead Strategy - Results of the 1998 Public Consultation Process
  • Appendix F: Product Grouping Summary
  • Appendix G: Human health risks associated with lead shot, sinkers, and jigs

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