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second hand childrens clothes illegal?
the simple dolloar ^ | 01/04/09 | megben

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 ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: clothing; cpsc; cpsi; crafts; crushthenannystate; government; kids; lead; nannystate
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

>>>>>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.


121 posted on 01/04/2009 8:30:48 AM PST by angkor ("All you could hope for ...in the world's most august deliberative body." - Baldwin on Franken)
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To: Megben

Ugh...if these brainiacs ‘fix’ anything else, there’ll be nothing left!


122 posted on 01/04/2009 8:34:08 AM PST by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925)
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To: deport
How did you like every intersection in Houston being a 4 way stop? Did you want to ram the people who were afraid to go even when it was their turn? LOL!
123 posted on 01/04/2009 8:42:12 AM PST by Ditter
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 is a US law signed on August 14, 2008 by President George W. Bush.

ok but what does it say? The critters didn't read the bill when they passed it, our leader didn't read the bill when he signed it. Has anyone read it that clothes for kids must be tested? My inclination is that this is bureaucratic interpretation but am willing to be proven wrong.
124 posted on 01/04/2009 8:43:56 AM PST by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
As a side note if any of you own property built before 1974, your property was just lowered in value because it MIGHT have some lead in it. No one is going to buy your property except at a steep cash discount and no lender is going to lend money to anyone to buy it..............
125 posted on 01/04/2009 8:49:06 AM PST by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: Ditter

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.


126 posted on 01/04/2009 8:49:41 AM PST by deport
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To: deport

The first week or so after the hurricane people were very patient and polite but then they began to get cranky, myself included.


127 posted on 01/04/2009 8:53:02 AM PST by Ditter
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To: Battle Axe

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.


128 posted on 01/04/2009 8:57:55 AM PST by little jeremiah (Leave illusion, come to the truth. Leave the darkness, come to the light.)
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To: OldBlondBabe
I haven’t read all 60+ pages of this legislation...

You don't need to. The US Product Safety Commission attorney spells it out here. No ban on old clothes.

129 posted on 01/04/2009 8:58:17 AM PST by RGSpincich
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To: Tax-chick

Lucky you. We’re the start of the hand me down line.


130 posted on 01/04/2009 9:00:42 AM PST by Megben
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To: Arrowhead

http://www.hempys.com/

This site sells American made clothes and other stuff.


131 posted on 01/04/2009 9:09:55 AM PST by ThomasThomas (I said nothing about grammar.)
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To: RGSpincich

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.


132 posted on 01/04/2009 9:13:47 AM PST by Megben
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To: RGSpincich

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.


133 posted on 01/04/2009 9:14:30 AM PST by libertarian27 (Land of the Fee, Home of the Shamed)
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To: OldBlondBabe
That really only says it was a sex-linked genetic problem.

How did the boys die? What were the symptoms? Did the girls marry and have boys??

134 posted on 01/04/2009 9:18:15 AM PST by Battle Axe (Repent for the coming of the Lord is nigh!)
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To: little jeremiah
Yes, he did have a disease, but I think it was something like Scarlet Fever. He was told not to go back to work and he did anyway. They blamed the limp on his inability to stay quiet while recovering.

I do not think Almanzo’s illness was related to the deaths of the three boys.

135 posted on 01/04/2009 9:20:52 AM PST by Battle Axe (Repent for the coming of the Lord is nigh!)
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To: HairOfTheDog
I completely agree. Cut China off! I tried to find children's toys this year that did not come from China, I never did because I started looking to late.
136 posted on 01/04/2009 9:22:31 AM PST by Ditter
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To: Megben
The ban of concern here is clothing re: second hand shops, etc. The clothing ban scare is bogus.

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.

137 posted on 01/04/2009 9:30:56 AM PST by RGSpincich
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To: libertarian27

My concern is only with the clothing ban. You are right on the lead paint issue.


138 posted on 01/04/2009 9:32:35 AM PST by RGSpincich
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To: Megben; libertarian27; All
Lead ban info- Children's T&C products with painted buttons, buckles, zippers, ornaments, etc. may be affected and shall comply with this new standard if applicable.

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.

139 posted on 01/04/2009 9:50:48 AM PST by RGSpincich
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To: wintertime
Very cute pink shoes.

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.

140 posted on 01/04/2009 9:58:23 AM PST by radiohead (Buy ammo, get your kids out of government schools, pray for the Republic.)
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