These Amazon-sold bathroom, kitchen faucets have lead risk, CPSC warns
If you bought a new bathroom or kitchen faucet recently on Amazon, you might want to check your receipt. That’s because some faucets made in China may leach lead into water, a federal agency warns.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning that several models of Chinese-made faucets sold on Amazon can leach lead into water.
The CPSC issued several warnings on Wednesday, May 14, about specific bathroom and kitchen faucets sold on Amazon, which were tested and found to leach hazardous levels of lead into water. Lead consumption and exposure can be harmful to infants, young children and pregnant women.
These are the faucets, all made by firms in China and sold on Amazon, covered by the CSPC warning:
The CSPC found the faucets as part of an “enforcement sweep targeting dangerous faucets manufactured in China,” the agency said in its warning. The Chinese firms have been contacted about issuing recalls, but none had agreed to, the CSPC said.
The agency did not detail what quantities of the faucets were sold.
Additional companies will face enforcement actions against more companies “in the coming days,” the CPSC said.
“CPSC is taking extraordinary steps to protect Americans from toxic faucets that threaten our children,” said CPSC acting chairman Peter Feldman in a statement accompanying the warning. “This Commission will not hesitate to warn Americans when necessary. CPSC remains focused on the biggest threat to American consumers: hazardous goods from China.”
Faucets with lead risk: What to do if you have one
Consumers should stop using the following faucets, the CPSC says, because they were tested and found to contain lead that can leach into water at levels that can be particularly harmful to infants, young children and pregnant women.
Lead exposure is most serious during brain development – in utero, infancy and early childhood, and high lead exposure levels can lead to learning disabilities, behavior difficulties, and a lower IQ, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
If you must use these faucets until they can be replaced, run the water 15 seconds before getting water to drink or use for cooking.
The CPSC is asking consumers to report any incidents involving injury or product defects at www.SaferProducts.gov.
Mike Snider is a reporter on USA TODAY’s Trending team. You can follow him on Threads, Bluesky, X and email him at mikegsnider & @mikegsnider.bsky.social & @mikesnider & msnider@usatoday.com
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