Guest guest Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I find this act in serious need of revision, but wanted to make one clarification to the discussion: The FAQs clearly state that the act applies to toys and DURABLE goods (i.e. furniture), and things that are intended or likely to be used for mouthing/chewing, such as teething rings and rattles. NOT clothing. So sweaters and caps and booties are not covered by this act. Neither are bathing products. That being said, I'm of mixed emotions. There are many fine artisans out there who use only the best materials for their products. There are also a lot of " crafter-wannabes " who don't think twice about buying the cheapest material from dubious sources, without regard to quality or safety. There needs to be some sort of consumer protection in place. Obviously this act goes overboard in the stringent requirements, but *something* should be done to make sure that " handcrafted " means " safe " . -Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 " It will devastate small manufacturers and home businesses who create children's products such as clothes, handmade goods and toys for children, beautiful Native American artifacts, children's books, adaptive products for children with disabilities, and classroom and homeschool materials. " from http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org/how-you-can-help - also has links to politicians. A member who makes and sells bath and body stuff for adults and kids and who is very savvy about legislation says the language covers same. Librarians across the country are alarmed they may have to get rid of childrens books - ink. Perfumes Glorious and Rare Organic White Rose Hydrosol http://anyasagarden.com/store.htm Online perfume course starts March 6, 2009 http://anyasgarden.com/classes.htm , Melissa Bell <melbell1206 wrote: > > I find this act in serious need of revision, but wanted to make one > clarification to the discussion: The FAQs clearly state that the act > applies to toys and DURABLE goods (i.e. furniture), and things that are > intended or likely to be used for mouthing/chewing, such as teething rings > and rattles. NOT clothing. So sweaters and caps and booties are not > covered by this act. Neither are bathing products. > > That being said, I'm of mixed emotions. There are many fine artisans out > there who use only the best materials for their products. There are also a > lot of " crafter-wannabes " who don't think twice about buying the cheapest > material from dubious sources, without regard to quality or safety. There > needs to be some sort of consumer protection in place. Obviously this act > goes overboard in the stringent requirements, but *something* should be done > to make sure that " handcrafted " means " safe " . > > -Melissa > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Hi Anya, An Etsy Member put together a great Treasury of items that may be affected by this ridiculous law: http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=34272 Perhaps if people take a look and see what beautiful handmade crafts might be lost, it may spur some to take action speak out. Just a thought... Judy in RI , " anyaperfumer " <anya wrote: > > " It will devastate small manufacturers and home businesses who create > children's products such as clothes, handmade goods and toys for > children, beautiful Native American artifacts, children's books, > adaptive products for children with disabilities, and classroom and > homeschool materials. " > > from http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org/how-you-can-help - also has > links to politicians. > > A member who makes and sells bath and body stuff for adults and kids > and who is very savvy about legislation says the language covers same. > > Librarians across the country are alarmed they may have to get rid of > childrens books - ink. > > Perfumes > Glorious and Rare Organic White Rose Hydrosol > http://anyasagarden.com/store.htm > Online perfume course starts March 6, 2009 > http://anyasgarden.com/classes.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Anya, After reading the actual CPSA I can see where, under the broadest and worst interpretation of the laws as written, clothing could possibly be taken as requiring 3rd party testing. As I said, the law as written basically sucks. But I do not believe that anyone who is knitting baby caps needs to get too uptight just yet...there is a *lot* of review pending and with the intense campaign to improve and clarify the horribly vague language in the CPSIA I don't think we're going to see gramps going to jail over this any time soon. I've submitted my comments to my congressman. If everyone will send a rational letter, email or phone call to their representatives, we can get this fixed. As of this moment, the budget to staff and administer this monstrosity haven't even been appropriated. If we continue to give the Legislators a calmly disapproving earful it won't be. -Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Dear Anya, Is there a petition on the Care2 Network for this yet? Rachel A. MarkelManaging PartnerEOILCO LABORATORIES, LLCwww.eoilco.comhttp://ingredientmanager.eoilcolab.com www.GreenTerpene.com --- On Wed, 1/21/09, anyaperfumer <anya wrote: anyaperfumer <anya Re: CPSIA Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 11:43 AM " It will devastate small manufacturers and home businesses who create children's products such as clothes, handmade goods and toys for children, beautiful Native American artifacts, children's books, adaptive products for children with disabilities, and classroom and homeschool materials. " from http://www.handmade toyalliance. org/how-you- can-help - also has links to politicians. A member who makes and sells bath and body stuff for adults and kids and who is very savvy about legislation says the language covers same. Librarians across the country are alarmed they may have to get rid of childrens books - ink. Perfumes Glorious and Rare Organic White Rose Hydrosol http://anyasagarden .com/store. htm Online perfume course starts March 6, 2009 http://anyasgarden. com/classes. htm , Melissa Bell <melbell1206@ ...> wrote: > > I find this act in serious need of revision, but wanted to make one > clarification to the discussion: The FAQs clearly state that the act > applies to toys and DURABLE goods (i.e. furniture), and things that are > intended or likely to be used for mouthing/chewing, such as teething rings > and rattles. NOT clothing. So sweaters and caps and booties are not > covered by this act. Neither are bathing products. > > That being said, I'm of mixed emotions. There are many fine artisans out > there who use only the best materials for their products. There are also a > lot of " crafter-wannabes " who don't think twice about buying the cheapest > material from dubious sources, without regard to quality or safety. There > needs to be some sort of consumer protection in place. Obviously this act > goes overboard in the stringent requirements, but *something* should be done > to make sure that " handcrafted " means " safe " . > > -Melissa > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Melissa Clothing DOES require 3rd party testing - every differnt size item, or differnt color - cloth, buttons, snaps, ribbons, label. Every artisan has to pay for it individually, which is nuts. Why can't the fabric be tested at the manufacturing plant, for instance, and get a pass/fail? Why does each end user for manufacturing have to test each item? I have nine volunteers and we're gathering our skills set and getting together a statement for our fight - and PR too. What a monstrosity the US gov has done! CPSIA is not to be confused with the FDA Global Harmonization Act, which will be revived by the Committee this session. We're working to defeat both horrors. Perfumes Glorious and Rare Organic White Rose Hydrosol http://anyasagarden.com/store.htm Online perfume course starts March 6, 2009 http://anyasgarden.com/classes.htm , " mlmhrb " <melbell1206 wrote: > > Anya, > > After reading the actual CPSA I can see where, under the broadest and > worst interpretation of the laws as written, clothing could possibly > be taken as requiring 3rd party testing. > > As I said, the law as written basically sucks. But I do not believe > that anyone who is knitting baby caps needs to get too uptight just > yet...there is a *lot* of review pending and with the intense campaign > to improve and clarify the horribly vague language in the CPSIA I > don't think we're going to see gramps going to jail over this any time > soon. > > I've submitted my comments to my congressman. If everyone will send a > rational letter, email or phone call to their representatives, we can > get this fixed. As of this moment, the budget to staff and administer > this monstrosity haven't even been appropriated. If we continue to > give the Legislators a calmly disapproving earful it won't be. > > -Melissa > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Our local TV station did a two-part story on this yesterday _http://www.wgal.com/money/18542221/detail.html_ (http://www.wgal.com/money/18542221/detail.html) (there are some interesting links at the bottom of the write-up). This tells me that the story is getting out there, since this station is usually way behind on stuff like this. Tina Sams _The Essential Herbal Magazine_ (http://www.essentialherbal.com/) _Essential Herbal Blog_ (http://theessentialherbal.blogspot.com/) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://\ www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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