December 2008 CPSC Product Safety Recalls

Check out the Consumer Product Safety Commission's December 2008 product safety recalls.

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[Concerned]

I hope you realize you are putting many small businessed out of their jobs.

It is important to note that the problems which led to this law originated in lead charms and plastic toys made by large manufactured who import their goods from or manufacture in China. Lead in charms and phalates which result from plastic manufacturing. Since 80 of the 100 or so testing labs are in China and testing is much cheaper there, none of those toys will ever be tested IN the US. Do you trust testing from a country where melamine in pet food and baby formula originated?

Reebok and a work at home mom or your grandma are not equals.The businesses who are trying to get help are people working at home with a sewing machine crafting hand made clothes and plushies, art dolls, knitted wool hats and slippers, quilts, often made from supplies bought at Jo-ann fabric. Cotton and wool fabrics and books have not been proven to be a risk of lead.

The deadline is fast approaching and many shops and small manufacturers are unclear on how they can test affordably and whether they law applies to their product, while many more are not even aware of the law. So far the CPSC has not clarified anything for the small businesses who would genuinely like to comply. They are actually asking to be allowed to test materials rather than finished products because testing destroys one of a kind items and will cost $100,000s. No one actually wants to hurt children, they just want the CSPC to realize that the law was written with Mattel size manufacturers and their finances in mind, not a mom who sews ballet tutus at and knits baby bonnets at home.