Finally, someone in Congress is taking action against the completely frustrating CPSIA legislation. Congressman Anthony Weiner from New York sent this letter to the Chairman of the Consumer Product & Safety Commission. I’m thrilled people are starting to take notice, and hopefully more local government officials will get involved to be the voice for small business in America - especially those of us who are dedicated to buying American and protecting our children from chemicals.
You can read his fantastic letter here. cpsc_kids_clothing_CPSC_LTR_jan_07_09.pdf
One other good thing happened today, for other retailers like ourselves: The CPSIA published this press release clarifying their expectations of us, as retailers: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09086.html
If we as consumers and businesspeople can keep the pressure on to clarify and use common sense on the new lead and phthalate laws, we’ll all benefit - and maybe some of us won’t even go under.
This is good news, at least it is a step in the right direction! I’m glad that someone is taking notice. Hopefully, this all will be clarified in time, so that your business won’t suffer.
Tony Weiner sounds like a pretty good guy. One of the only ones to take an honest look at this ridiculous law. I can’t seem to grasp how someone can look at the 65+ pages and think “Yeah this makes sense!”
I will keep my fingers crossed that something is really done about this before Feb!
Awesome! And probably more effective than my “dogshit crap” efforts.
Thanks for publicizing this! We’ve been working on this since last August. May I also suggest visiting the War Room for up to the minute updates and focused activism? http://bit.ly/3SFN. There’s also the automated mailer to email legislators in one fell swoop. http://tinyurl.com/5hloos. Lastly, we are asking people to fill out the Economic Impact Survey http://bit.ly/Cdwv. The latter link also includes every CPSIA entry published on Fashion-Incubator.com. There’s a new video on youtube explaining how this really affects consumers. http://bit.ly/Gka9
Yay, a congressman who gives a $OU$IU$IU!
this is been the hot topic of conversation on my mom’s board of late too.
It is a ridiculous law, passed in a panic.
Good to see that some members of congress are speaking up. The last thing we need now, in this economy, is more people out of work and more businesses going under… not to mention the fact that more of us will be buying and investigating second hand…
Good to see things getting done.