Have you all heard of the Consumer Product Safety Commission Improvement Act? Those of you who are making and selling kids' items, listen up! If you ever buy handmade gifts, read on!
The Act requires ALL manufacturers - including small business owners who sew their products by hand and artisans who sell to help support their art - to submit each piece of their product for cost-prohibitive government-approved testing. Each component - buttons, threads, fabrics, padding, etc. would need to be tested independently for lead content. The cost and extent of this lead testing would be impossible for any small business to afford.
Info on the Act
(CPSCIA)
National Bankruptcy Day
An article...
The Handmade Toy Alliance
Petition
More thoughts from a WAHM
*and by the way, it sounds as if resale would also be illegal...so good-bye thrift, consignment, FSOT on boards, etc...*
A not-so-funny:
New CPSIA slogan:
"CPSIA: Throwing the Babies Out With the Bathwater, and the Bathtub, Too. Oh, and All the Little Bath Toys. Better Throw Out the Sponge As Well. Just to Be Safe"
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Hmm, I just left a comment, but it seems to have been eaten.
Yikes! Has this thing gone through, or is it still in the debating phase? This is not good, especially since I'm reading this while taking a break from making a ton of bows for my business. :(
It has passed...the deadline is February...and yeah, really.bad.news.
:(
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