[incredulous joe]

I ksut heard my wife's favorite consignment store may be going out of business.

Is lead poisoning still a big issue in the US or is this just more Federal meddling with small business courtesy of the local retailers associations??

I might also point out that our local secondhand stores are much favored by homeschoolers and the like. Coincidence or conspiracy minded FReeper??

[muawiyah]

Every election there seem to be more and more Democrats and that’s clearly a sign of brain damage from some source ~ could be lead ~ could be dope.

[JoeProBono]

[narses]

+

Freep-mail me to get on or off my pro-life and Catholic List:

Add me / Remove me

Please ping me to note-worthy Pro-Life or Catholic threads, or other threads of interest.

Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment

Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”

[GeorgianRepublican]

Resale Shops are EXEMPT from this law.

See http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09086.html

[muggs]

Essentially, stores are being directed to operate at their own risk. If they sell an item that is believed to be safe and it actually exceeds the legal limit ... they are at risk of being fined by the (Consumer Product Safety Commission) or sued by a customer," the owners said in the e-mail.

How can it be proved or disproved that a particular item was purchased at a particular thrift store.

[Daffynition]

I was in our local consignment shop yesterday to find out what their policies were for becoming a consignee and they had a whole long list of items they will not accept b/c of this law.

[leprechaun9]

How about holding the Members of Congress (past and present) and the Administrations, who passed the laws for Government Housing that used lead components and finsihed with lead paints, liable under the same law?

[Jack Wilson]

Whatever happened to mold and radon? Remember those oldies but goodies?

[steve86]

I actually got a decent letter back from Patty Murray on this. Believe me, this issue is the only one that I felt warranted contacting Senator Murray, who I normally would not touch with a 100 meter non-conductive pole. She does not want to see resale stores closed and is in favor of only enforcing the sensible requirements of the new law.

OTOH, I got a stupid form letter back from a Republican Congressman whose name I will not mention; he basically said we need to prevent dangerous lead-contaminated toys from getting into the hands of American children (with which we all agree) but failed to address the used clothes issue at all.

[abigkahuna]

Even more so, under the law, libraries that have books that could be used by those 12 and under either have to be pulled, or minors banned from libraries.

It affect us, as we make tie dye to sell at fairs and what not. There is o lead in cotton t-shirts and there s no lead in procion dye. In fact, members of the Apparel Association held a seminar with folks of the CPSC to show that even if the ancient formulas for dye were used that did contain lead, that lead literally came out in the wash.