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The National Playground Safety Institute (NPSI) is sponsored by the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). NPSI's mission is to promote children's rights to play in a safe environment and to nationally promote the importance of play in their development. The NPSI promotes the latest public playground industry standards and guidelines as the most desirable standard of care for public-use playgrounds. For a free copy of the Dirty Dozen brochure and a listing of other playground related publications available through NRPA contact:
National Recreation and Park Association
22377 Belmont Ridge Road
Ashburn, Virginia 20148
www.nrpa.org
For a free copy of the Consumer Product Safety Commission's Handbook for Public Playground Safety (Publication No. 325) contact:
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Washington, D.C. 20207
(800) 638-2772
www.cpsc.gov
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) developed a standard for the manufacturing of public playground equipment entitled, "Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use." For a copy of this standard, contact the ASTM and ask for the F 1487-01 Standard.
ASTM
100 Barr Harbor Drive
West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959
(610) 832-9500
www.astm.org