2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act -- read if you value small businesses

[jan_andrea]

Hurray! The commission has added a one year stay of execution on the CPSIA -- the provisions are still in effect, but testing is not mandatory on most items. So we're in the clear until Feb 10, 2010, by which time the guidelines should be much clearer and based in actual science, instead of scaremongering

Comments

[littlravn]

Thank you for posting this. This is really scary. I started hearing bits and pieces of this last week but hadn't seen the whole story yet.

[jan_andrea]

It's a tremendously scary thing :( I mean, there's no way in hell they can enforce it with their current (and even future) staff, but still, it's the law, and if we try to comply, we go out of business. And if we don't try to comply, we're breaking the law and are liable for $$$$. Crazymaking all around.

[littlravn]

I've been reading for hours. It never ceases to amaze me how the gov't can write laws and documents that are so confusing that not even their own staff is sure what the law actually means!

I've been reading for hours and it is just making my head spin!

[jan_andrea]

Isn't it awful? Everyone in the babywearing community is absolutely scrambling, and people who've written their legislators are either getting canned non-answers, or no help at all. So frustrating.

[joy_disaster]

WHY do they always throw the baby out with the bathwater?? jeez. this will put us out of business too.

[jan_andrea]

No kidding -- this is the baby, the bathwater, the tub, the tub toys, and the sponge (just in case).

[lemmings_world]

Well ****.

Way to give the shaft to small made-in-the-USA toymakers. I'm signing up now!

[jan_andrea]

I hoped you'd see this -- you and I are the ones in the crosshairs, unfortunately. Really craptastic legislation >:(

[lemmings_world]

May I use part of your post to help me write a letter to the higher-ups? It's much more elegant that the 'you suck!' thought I seem to be stuck on.

[jan_andrea]

Please do :) I hope it helps.

[3under3]

Holy cow, I'm glad you wrote about this, I hadn't even heard about it. Hope you don't mind if I link to your writeup from my journal - you explained it really well.

[jan_andrea]

Please do -- I hope it helps to get the word out.

[anonymous]

Thank you so much for helping inform people of this issue.
Well written post!! (I'm not a writer and trying to explain this on my blog was difficult.)
Do you mind if I reference your post in my blog?
We are the little guys, we need to be heard!

[jan_andrea]

Please feel free. The more people know, the better!