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Posted on 01/04/2009 6:02:37 AM PST by Megben
Trent Hamm at thesimpledollar.com writes in his January 3 entry (excerpted) : "For those of you who haven’t heard the news yet, on February 10, 2009, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act comes into effect. One of the major changes that this program will bring into play is a mandate that everything sold for children 12 and younger will have to be tested for lead and phthalates, and anything that isn’t tested (or that fails) will be considered hazardous and cannot be sold. Read more about the CPSIA at the L.A. Times and some interesting blog commentary from the fashion industry. Where things get interesting is with used products. Consider your local resale and thrift shop. Currently, all of their secondhand children’s clothes will have to be tested for lead and phthalates. Given that many such stores aren’t high-income operations - many are nonprofits - these shops simply cannot afford to do the testing on the children’s clothes on their shelves.
So what happens? Most thrift shops are currently not accepting any children’s clothing at all. Sometime in the next month or so, all thrift shops will have to clear all of their children’s clothing from the shelves … and send them to the landfill. (It’s worth noting that the Consumer Product Safety Commission is considering a reprieve for products made from natural materials, which would exempt some clothes, but not nearly all clothes"
From reading the whole article, it appears that this will apply to used/new products that are sold at garage sales, thrift stores, ebay, etc. The discussion that follows the blog posts lists going to the sites of the National Bankruptcy Day or the Handmade Toy Alliance Site to write your congressman/woman.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesimpledollar.com ...
We have been talking with several people for several months about setting up a bartering co-op in order to circumvent government interference. I’d be surprised if there weren’t many thousands of other freedom loving Americans doing the same.
You are welcome. We are making every effort to become more self sufficient by growing our own food, setting up a bartering co-op, and eliminating our debt.
I didn’t read all the comments, but I’m wondering what this will do to garage sales, and more importantly, the Salvation Army and the like.
At the age of 15, Laura accepted her first teaching session, teaching three terms in one-room schools when not attending school herself in DeSmet. Laura later admitted that she did not particularly enjoy teaching, but felt the responsibility from a young age to help her family financially, and wage earning opportunities for females were limited. Laura stopped teaching when she married Almanzo on August 25, 1885. Almanzo had achieved a degree of prosperity on his homestead claim, due to favorable weather in the early 1880s, and the couple’s prospects seemed bright. She joined Almanzo in a new home on his tree claim north of DeSmet and agreed to help him make the claim succeed. On December 5, 1886, she gave birth to Rose Wilder (1886–1968) and later, an unnamed son, who died soon after birth in 1889.
The first few years of marriage held many trials. Complications from a life-threatening bout of diphtheria left Almanzo partially paralyzed. While he eventually regained nearly full use of his legs, he needed a cane to walk for the remainder of his life. This setback, among many others, began a series of disastrous events that included the death of their unnamed newborn son, the destruction of their home and barn by fire, and several years of severe drought that left them in debt, physically ill, and unable to earn a living from their 320 acres (1.3 km2) of prairie land. The tales of their trials farming can be found in The First Four Years, a manuscript that was discovered after Rose Wilder Lane’s death. It was published in 1971, and detailed the hard-fought first four years of marriage on the Dakota prairies.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/dreamteam/laurawilder.html
The insanity continues....ping
In theory, but do you really think the cops are going to push back from a perfectly good donut to go bust some soccer mom selling kids stuff in her driveway?
There you go. Just put up a big sign saying "Not for use by children under 13" and leave it to the buyers' discretion. Nanny staters happy, moms on a budget happy.
Or as I always called him "Michael Bland-One"
I like the graphic.
That about says it all.
We don't have in-house hand me downs in our home--we just don't have the storage room. Not only that, but we're blessed to be able to afford to replace clothing as it is needed. Our boys enjoy getting their outgrown clothing ready to take to Goodwill (or wherever); they love feeling that they are helping out less fortunate members of our community.
Garage sales are a way around this stupidity. We'll probably have a sale each spring now, and the money we make will be donated to the local non-profs that can no longer take our clothing. What are the feds going to do? Read every classified in every paper and bust every household having a sale? Freaking idiots. Pardon my language, but there you go.
Self ping for catch up reading.
Ditto... Cut off China and the problem goes away.
Which basically means that I won't be able to resell anything I make for my daughter after the date, nor can I donate anything to Hospice, the Food Bank, or other charities that sell donated clothing (new or gently used.)
It also means I won't be abl to sell any children's item I make unless I have it tested or can prove that all materials have already been tested.
Great way to promote new business --- isn't it?
(Actually - I'm surprised the guns didn't go before the clothes.)
“Bartering may be a growing trend that people feel like they get by govt.”
Except that is “unpatriotic” according to Obama (and FDR before him) and will not be allowed.
Prayers to you even if this isnt what it is.
I am soooo sorry to hear about your son. There is nothing more painful than an infected ear...and...to struggle with it for weeks is very sad. I hope he is fine now and that his hearing hasn't been damaged.
The Urgent Care just this minute called. I have an appointment tomorrow with a surgeon.
What has been bothering me about this thing...(besides the obvious...)
The clothing/crafts/whatEVER that is made in-home....aren’t the goods already “tested” prior to coming to the US???
Think your local fabric store. Ya mean it’s all bad stuff? Not to be used?
Did that make sense?
It stinks.
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