http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09115.html
Good news for artisans of children's items. The CPSC has granted a one year stay for testing. The Feb 10 deadline was fast approaching, and this give a bit of breathing room. Now they need to figure out some worthwhile exceptions to this crazy law. Where on Earth did they come up with the idea that blue yarn + purple yarn = DEADLY LEAD ??? Last I checked, alchemy doesn't work.
While I agree that some products need testing. They went about this all wrong. They should require testing from the problem toy companies, not the artists and crafters already making safe toys and children's items!
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Monday, February 2, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
CPSIA Gets a Little Attention
I have read so many great articles/posts and seen videos about this horrible law that explain it better than I could, so I want to highlight a few of them.
This affects way more people than many realize: not just parents, and creators of handmade children's products, but readers, store owners, teachers, librarians, environmentalists, toy collectors, and the American and World economies as a whole. Small business are important!
Read the mess here: http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/cpsia.html
Handmade Toy Alliance
http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org/
Here's an article in Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/16/cpsia-safety-toys-oped-cx_wo_0116olson.html
Some news stories about CPSIA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvKFFvw2Nds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjwNu7w2BSQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87UduX5S6E0
Mr. Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RT8MFgvyhw
Video Blogger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIOwYFv-QA0
And the Bloggers
http://joeyandaleethea.typepad.com/blog/2008/12/cpsia-of-2008.html
http://magdalenejewelsblogs.blogspot.com/2008/12/carnival-atrocities-of-cpsia.html
http://ellebelleblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/did-you-know.html
http://sewitsforyou.blogspot.com/2008/12/cpsia-law-100th-post.html
http://madebymelissa.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-is-cpsia-all-about.html
Thank you Ron Paul for voting against this horrible bill. To everyone who voted for this: shame on you and, and pull your heads out of your asses and fix this law!
This affects way more people than many realize: not just parents, and creators of handmade children's products, but readers, store owners, teachers, librarians, environmentalists, toy collectors, and the American and World economies as a whole. Small business are important!
Read the mess here: http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/cpsia.html
Handmade Toy Alliance
http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org/
Here's an article in Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/16/cpsia-safety-toys-oped-cx_wo_0116olson.html
Some news stories about CPSIA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvKFFvw2Nds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjwNu7w2BSQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87UduX5S6E0
Mr. Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RT8MFgvyhw
Video Blogger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIOwYFv-QA0
And the Bloggers
http://joeyandaleethea.typepad.com/blog/2008/12/cpsia-of-2008.html
http://magdalenejewelsblogs.blogspot.com/2008/12/carnival-atrocities-of-cpsia.html
http://ellebelleblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/did-you-know.html
http://sewitsforyou.blogspot.com/2008/12/cpsia-law-100th-post.html
http://madebymelissa.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-is-cpsia-all-about.html
Thank you Ron Paul for voting against this horrible bill. To everyone who voted for this: shame on you and, and pull your heads out of your asses and fix this law!
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Looking for How your Reps Voted?
Senate
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=s2008-213
House
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2008-101
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=s2008-213
House
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2008-101
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