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 ...
>>>>>I could go on, but you know where this is going...<<<<<
Indeed I do.
But if one is an illegal alien (from ANY country one chooses to assert), John McQueeg will give you amnesty and citizenship even if you’re lying about your name, your DOB, you country of origin, and your criminal past.
Just give us some fake personal data and John McQueeg and his sideman Pansy will set you right up.
Ugh...if these brainiacs ‘fix’ anything else, there’ll be nothing left!
Yep with no stop traffic control devices it became a slow trip to anywhere. On Sunday evening I came from up in the Bryan - College Station area back to the Beaumont area using Hwy 6 down to 1960 and east to Hwy 105. Now that was a mess as there were 4-way stops at every traffic device along the way. But people were being patient and taking their turns so it wasn’t too flustrating.
The first week or so after the hurricane people were very patient and polite but then they began to get cranky, myself included.
Almanzo got an illness - can’t remember what it was, been many years - after Rose was born, and afterwards had a limp. I think it rendered him sterile, didn’t say in the book. High fevers can do that to a man.
You don't need to. The US Product Safety Commission attorney spells it out here. No ban on old clothes.
Lucky you. We’re the start of the hand me down line.
1. This ban is not only for clothing
2. Giving a quick read through of your link, it treats lead and phthalates differently. ( page 2) The lead ban is under the FHSA and has no provision addressing whether it is applicable to products manufactured after the effective date.
3. Explain why alot of thrift stores are no longer taking donations of childrens clothing.
I must be reading your link different than you are.
I read the Phthalate ban starting on manufactured clothes,etc. on Feb 10th but the lead compliance is retroactive on any item. In order to comply with the law each individual item must be tested$$ to make sure it doesn’t contain lead.
One of those guilty until proven innocent laws.
How did the boys die? What were the symptoms? Did the girls marry and have boys??
I do not think Almanzo’s illness was related to the deaths of the three boys.
Presumably all future donations will have been vetted through the system as new clothing sales and will adhere to the standard.
The lead paint ban pertains to toys and other items and is more stringent.
3. Explain why alot of thrift stores are no longer taking donations of childrens clothing.
Only the ones who have been spooked by the misinformed.
My concern is only with the clothing ban. You are right on the lead paint issue.
What was I thinking? You guys are right and I'm an idiot. And there probably will be a secondhand clothing problem. Hate it when this happens.
I thought the same thing! You can take the Party out of the girl, but you can't take the girl out of the Party.
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