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...lead is good? Incompetence? so ofthen finds unintended consequences from govt regulations, don't you think?
Yet Ron Paul was exorcised for voting against the law discussed below:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/article962020.ece
On Web sites and blogs around the country, those who manufacture or sell children's items are calling Feb. 10 National Bankruptcy Day.
The law requires both new and used items to have certification that they contain less than 600 parts per million of lead. Lead exposure can cause brain and nervous system damage, behavioral and learning problems, among other things, in children. After August, that amount drops to 300 parts per million in total lead content and 90 parts per million in paint.
And it's not limited to toys.
To sell a pair of polyester pants with an applique, the buttons, zipper and applique would need to be tested. A Mr. Potato Head toy would have to be examined not only for lead and phthalates, which are chemicals in plastics, but to make sure the small parts aren't likely to make a child choke.
With so many requirements, nonprofits like Goodwill Industries are trying to figure out how to comply, and many small-business owners are confused.
"Is a diaper changing mat affected by the new amendment?" asks one woman on a Web site that tries to explain the law.
"I'm questioning the same thing about the ring bearer pillows I make," another says.
Carol Vaporis, owner of Duck Duck Goose Consignment, said she has stopped accepting children's items at her New Port Richey store. "I won't sell in violation of the law," said Vaporis. "But I'm going to fight it with every breath."
Mindy Socher, owner of the consignment shop Baby Boomerang in Tampa, hadn't even heard of the new law.
"I guess I'm not even taking it serious because it sounds insane," said Socher, who has been in business 18 years.
Hammil and Eckert, who say the business they started a few months ago sold $3,000 in used children's goods in November, plan to have a fire sale Jan. 31.
Then Hammil will walk away. Eckert, a 46-year-old single father, will keep it open and sell maternity clothes.
Both wondered how the government planned to enforce the law, which carries criminal and civil penalties, including fines up to millions of dollars.
Will garage sales be affected?
"I think it's important to understand that the Consumer Product Safety Commission is a small agency and the first place we would go would not be the neighborhood yard sale," said Vallese, the CPSC spokesperson. "But this is not a law that retailers and manufacturers should roll the dice on in the off chance they might not get caught. They have an obligation and responsibility to meet the law."
Still, she acknowledged the agency is trying to figure out how to enforce the law with limited resources.
Are there good reasons why the Constitution enumerates no power for the federal government to micromanage industry standards?
As an example of the issue, toys made from lead free components still would have to be tested....
idiocy.
What do you think?
Yet Ron Paul was exorcised for voting against the law discussed below:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/article962020.ece
On Web sites and blogs around the country, those who manufacture or sell children's items are calling Feb. 10 National Bankruptcy Day.
The law requires both new and used items to have certification that they contain less than 600 parts per million of lead. Lead exposure can cause brain and nervous system damage, behavioral and learning problems, among other things, in children. After August, that amount drops to 300 parts per million in total lead content and 90 parts per million in paint.
And it's not limited to toys.
To sell a pair of polyester pants with an applique, the buttons, zipper and applique would need to be tested. A Mr. Potato Head toy would have to be examined not only for lead and phthalates, which are chemicals in plastics, but to make sure the small parts aren't likely to make a child choke.
With so many requirements, nonprofits like Goodwill Industries are trying to figure out how to comply, and many small-business owners are confused.
"Is a diaper changing mat affected by the new amendment?" asks one woman on a Web site that tries to explain the law.
"I'm questioning the same thing about the ring bearer pillows I make," another says.
Carol Vaporis, owner of Duck Duck Goose Consignment, said she has stopped accepting children's items at her New Port Richey store. "I won't sell in violation of the law," said Vaporis. "But I'm going to fight it with every breath."
Mindy Socher, owner of the consignment shop Baby Boomerang in Tampa, hadn't even heard of the new law.
"I guess I'm not even taking it serious because it sounds insane," said Socher, who has been in business 18 years.
Hammil and Eckert, who say the business they started a few months ago sold $3,000 in used children's goods in November, plan to have a fire sale Jan. 31.
Then Hammil will walk away. Eckert, a 46-year-old single father, will keep it open and sell maternity clothes.
Both wondered how the government planned to enforce the law, which carries criminal and civil penalties, including fines up to millions of dollars.
Will garage sales be affected?
"I think it's important to understand that the Consumer Product Safety Commission is a small agency and the first place we would go would not be the neighborhood yard sale," said Vallese, the CPSC spokesperson. "But this is not a law that retailers and manufacturers should roll the dice on in the off chance they might not get caught. They have an obligation and responsibility to meet the law."
Still, she acknowledged the agency is trying to figure out how to enforce the law with limited resources.
Are there good reasons why the Constitution enumerates no power for the federal government to micromanage industry standards?
As an example of the issue, toys made from lead free components still would have to be tested....
idiocy.
What do you think?