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To: goldstategop
Consumer safety is a joke. All they have done is driven the price of production up and the quality down on 90% of the products we need. I remember when a lawnmower could be used to cut grass.
17 posted on 06/11/2003 5:01:04 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Would you like to try our extra value meal?)
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To: Flurry
Consumer safety is a joke.

You got that right. Check out the latest recall from the CPSC:

CPSC, Creative Kids Inc. Announce Recall of Children's Art Supply Sets

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of product: Children's Art Supply Sets

Units: 1,400

Manufacturer: Creative Kids Inc. of Monsey, N.Y.

Hazard: The sets contain mini-cutters with razor blades which pose a laceration hazard to young children.

Incidents/Injuries: The Commission and Creative Kids are aware of an incident where an 8-year-old girl received minor cuts to her finger when she used the mini-cutter.

Description: The 87-piece art supply sets were sold in solid wood grain boxes. The sets contain crayons, markers, scissors, water and oil paints, brushes, etc. A label on the box reads "JUMBO ART CASE 87 pieces" and "Item No. 11519."

Sold at: Bigg's stores in Ohio and Kentucky from August 2002 through March 2003 for about $16.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should remove the mini-cutters from the set and return them to Creative Kids to get a free pack of colored paper clips.

So one eight-year old kid gets a minor cut on her finger from an X-Acto knife in an 87-piece art set (probably not supervised by her parents) and this is grounds for a friggin' recall??? Just imagine what the stupidcrats at the CPSC would do with a damn Glock-17!
89 posted on 06/11/2003 4:09:06 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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