The Youth Poisoning Protection Act aims to protect individuals, particularly young people, from the dangers associated with products that contain high levels of sodium nitrite. Sodium nitrite is a chemical that can be harmful in large quantities, and this legislation seeks to prevent its sale to consumers. The key provision of this law is the outright ban on consumer products that contain 10 percent or more sodium nitrite by weight. This means that any product sold to individuals that exceeds this concentration will be considered hazardous and illegal for sale.