Youth Poisoning Protection Act

The Youth Poisoning Protection Act (H.R. 4310) would ban the retail sale of consumer products containing a concentration of sodium nitrite of 10% or greater. While sodium nitrite is commonly used in very low concentrations for food preservation, high-concentration powders have become easily accessible online and are increasingly linked to intentional self-harm and accidental poisonings among teenagers and young adults.

If passed, this legislation would empower the Consumer Product Safety Commission to treat high-concentration sodium nitrite as a banned hazardous substance, effectively removing it from major e-commerce platforms and retail shelves. The bill is designed to limit access to a lethal substance while still allowing for its regulated use in industrial and commercial settings where it is necessary.