As the battle to bring youth motorcycles and ATV’s back to the dealership showroom floors seems to hesitate, advocacy groups are indicating their disappointment in agency officials.
The Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC), the Specialty Vehicle Institute of America (SVIA) and its members are disappointed that Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chairman Nancy Nord announced today that she intended to vote against the petition that our industry submitted for an exclusion for all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and motorcycles from the lead content limits found in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). The organization believed that a recent petition submitted to the agency was based on sound science and showed that there is no measurable risk to children resulting from lead exposure from these products…Â DetailsÂ