From: Michael Dowell <moodooguru-AT-gmail.com> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:55:19 -0800 To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] "new" rules for the CPSIA legislation Here is the link to sign the petition. It makes a lot of sense! http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/handmadetoys/ On Dec 16, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Lucky Stradley wrote: > Here are some links that y'all might want to look at. > http://www.change.org:80/ideas/view/ > save_handmade_toys_from_the_cpsia?full_thread=true > > http://www.change.org/ideas/view/save_handmade_toys_from_the_cpsia > > http://www.fashion-incubator.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=32 > > http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org/how-you-can-help/ > > http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/legislation.html > > Many Etsy artists and craftspeople have expressed fears that they > won't be > able stay in business due to the burdensome cost of testing and > certification > pursuant to the proposed legislation. Understandably, this is am > issue of > great community concern: > > http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5949146 > http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5948588 > http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5950128 > http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5935591 > http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5939104 > > Here is an email that I received on this subject" > "Save the USA from the CPSIA > > In 2007, large toy manufacturers who outsource their production to > China and other developing countries violated the public's trust. They > were selling toys with dangerously high lead content, toys with unsafe > small part, toys with improperly secured and easily swallowed small > magnets, and toys made from chemicals that made kids sick. Almost > every problem toy in 2007 was made in China. > > The United States Congress rightly recognized that the Consumer > Products Safety Commission (CPSC) lacked the authority and staffing to > prevent dangerous toys from being imported into the US. So it passed > the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) in August, 2008. > Among other things, the CPSIA bans lead and phthalates in toys, > mandates third-party testing and certification for all toys and > requires toy makers to permanently label each toy with a date and > batch number. > > All of these changes will be fairly easy for large, multinational toy > manufacturers to comply with. Large manufacturers who make thousands > of units of each toy have very little incremental cost to pay for > testing and update their molds to include batch labels. > > For small American, Canadian, and European toymakers, however, the > costs of mandatroy testing will likely drive them out of business. > > * A toymaker, for example, who makes wooden cars in his garage in > Maine to supplement his income cannot afford the $4,000 fee per toy > that testing labs are charging to assure compliance with the CPSIA. > > * A work at home mom in Minnesota who makes dolls to sell at craft > fairs must choose either to violate the law or cease operations. > > * A small toy retailer in Vermont who imports wooden toys from Europe, > which has long had stringent toy safety standards, must now pay for > testing on every toy they import. > > * And even the handful of larger toy makers who still employ workers > in the United States face increased costs to comply with the CPSIA, > even though American-made toys had nothing to do with the toy safety > problems of 2007. > > The CPSIA simply forgot to exclude the class of toys that have earned > and kept the public's trust: Toys made in the US, Canada, and Europe. > The result, unless the law is modified, is that handmade toys will no > longer be legal in the US. > > If this law had been applied to the food industry, every farmers > market in the country would be forced to close while Kraft and Dole > prospered. > > How You can Help: > Please write to your United States Congress Person and Senator to > request changes in the CPSIA to save handmade toys. Use our sample > letter or write your own. You can find your Congress Person here and > Senator here. > > Thank you so much! " > > Lucky Stradley > Hubbell, Nebraska > > lrc-AT-gpcom.net > > http://luckystradley.blogspot.com/ > ~~last update 11/2/2008~~ > > http://www.picturetrail.com/13luckyme > ~~picture trail last updated 6/9/2006~~ > > http://community.webshots.com/user/beenlucky > I am trying this site out for listing pictures. > ~~last update 7/13/2006~~ > > Always Lucky...well most of the time! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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