I had thoughts of sewing and creating little blankets ,bags, purses and other items for kids and infants and selling them. Then came the "law". This law is about pulling all items off shelves and inspecting all products that may contain lead. WHICH INCLUDED ANYTHING, ANYTHING THAT COULD BE SOLD AND USED BY CHILDREN 12 YEARS OF AGE AND YOUNGER. That includes not only toys but clothes, books, sports equipment........you name it.
I had heard about it and read other blogs of confusing information. I just saw something about it on Fox News which not only showed large retail stores being involved in this pulling items off the shelves, but also thrift stores and small resale shops ! So I found the CPSC website. I've signed up for their recall notices. I figured I'd better look into it because I have several things that I had planned to sell on Ebay some which are for children or infants. http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09115.html
It doesn't exactly say this on their website....well, at least I can't understand it if it does say it, but on Fox News it was saying that retailers have to invest in some sort of screening devices to check ALL products for lead and pull them. However, small businesses and thrift type stores may not be able to do this due to the expense of the devices and the enormous amount of second hand products and paying the extra staff to do all this work.
Now I definitely agree that products containing lead should be pulled from the shelves. BUT, I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD OF NEVER BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!
The agencies that are responsible to inspect products BEFORE they reach store shelves obviously have not been doing their jobs...... can anyone say peanut butter?
What are these people doing anyway? Are they all just sitting around drinking their coffee and telling jokes instead of inspecting? I don't understand how all these products can be allowed on the shelves in the first place!
So now that they , the inspection agencies, have not done their jobs the retailers, crafters, small businesses, resale shops, thrift stores,,,,,,,,,,are all getting the rotten end of the stick and the blame of having these products on their shelves. They are having to do all the work of inspecting, pulling and loosing sales and ALSO the expense of these devices which will put some of these small businesses out of business!
AND, I am still confused as to whether or not I should be selling the second hand children items I have sitting around my house on Ebay!
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The problem with lead and other deadly chemicals in products comes from CHINA who would like to kill us all off, including our dogs and cats, if they can get away with it. We can't stop buying from them because they are the ones loaning Obama the money for the bail-outs, so it is a lose-lose situation no matter how you look at it. confusing and wrong is just how you say it!!
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