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  • EDITORIAL: The red tape stimulus--Safety bureaucrats need a lesson in economic reality

    08/16/2010 5:29:08 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 2 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | August 16, 2010 | Editorial
    The latest dictates from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) will drive up the cost of manufacturing products intended for children. The agency adopted a pair of new rules in July and August implementing the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, but as drafted, these regulations will force companies to waste time and money on redundant testing programs solely for the entertainment of bureaucratic busybodies. Anne Northup, one of the agency's five commissioners, has waged an often lonely fight in favor of common sense on this issue. She opposed the requirement for third-party testing of mattresses, carpets and other...