Disclaimer

This site is intended for peer-to-peer educational purposes only and is neither legal advice nor an official government site. If you have questions about how to comply with the CPSIA please consult a lawyer.

Questions?

If you have a CPSIA question you'd like us to answer please send it to info [at] whatisthecpsia [dot] com and we'll do our best to include it on the site.

Why should I care about big corporations who outsource labor and take shortcuts?

Large corporations are only a tiny percentage of the businesses that are affected by CPSIA.  They are better able to afford expensive testing and compliance hassles because they can spread the costs over millions of products.
Small and tiny businesses with fewer than 20 employees are the majority of the businesses affected by CPSIA and are [...]

What is the economic effect of CPSIA?

Because CPSIA affects a decentralized network of businesses, no organization or government office can keep track of all of them.  However, there is a list being compiled here of known losses definitely attributable to CPSIA, based on media reports and businesses’ self-reports.  At the time of this writing, the amount is over $4 billion.
The list [...]