Product testing as specified by CPSIA requires separate testing of each of the component parts of a children’s product. Yet the language of the law does not permit testing of the separate components before assembly to qualify as testing of the product.

This is inherently illogical, unreasonable, and unsupportable. The public does not benefit from this requirement. Public safety is not improved. But laboratory income is increased.

Given that each separate test incurs significant cost, one wonders whether the authors and sponsors of the bill receive direct or indirect benefit from the few labs included on the short list of accredited testing laboratories.

http://speaker.house.gov/contact/

You can find the initial “Pelosi Statement” in the Speaker’s press release archive: Pelosi Statement on President Bush Signing into Law the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act

I’ve been trying to raise awareness in my small circle of the world and everywhere I’m met with utter disbelief. “There’s no way they’ll actually let this law go through!” Go through? It’s gone and went! “I would have heard about something this crazy!” You would think that, wouldn’t you? I feel like the lone person on the deck of a ship shouting “Iceburg!” as everyone else dismisses me as an alarmist. My own mother refused to believe until the American Library Association clearly spelled out just how this would impact her private school’s library.

I do hope that we see the major news agencies finally awake to this insanity and give the public at large the chance to see just how widespread this problem is.

Yesterday I talked with someone from the Ombudsman’s office who was able to add some clarity for me.

1. Moore and Nord from the CPSC can MOVE BACK THE DEADLINE FOR TESTINGS (I am asking for 2 more years)
2. Moore and Nord CAN ALLOW COMPONENT TESTING

we need to bombard them with these two requests-Comments may be filed by email to Sec102ComponentPartsTesting@cpsc.gov. I was told to tell everyone to put these requests in to this e-mail address. There is also a mailing address on the web site, but he said they WILL be reading these. (he did admit that they do not have time to read every e-mail and every letter, but that they will be reading these-and they do not have very many of these email Comments at this time.)

Another point he made to me was that THERE MAY BE A PUBLIC MEETING ON THIS ISSUE SOON He told me he could be arrested for saying anything more on that subject, but he told me this 4 times in a row, and he kept saying it over and over-then he told me “the engagement is starting to work”, but do not think that you are finally being heard. You are only beginning to be heard. Do not let up. “This CRISIS is not over”

In addition to demanding the two above issues from Nord and Moore, we need to all call Waxman, Rush and our local district congress person. Waxman and Rush need to call a hearing on this matter, IMMEDIATELY and we need to ask our local person to write to Waxman and Rush to also call for a hearing on this matter.

Someone from the Department of Energy and Commerce told me today (she would not give me her name-weird) that they were waiting for someone in Obama’s office to appoint someone as the new Chairman. This person would replace Nord-who is “acting chairman” Right now we are all in limbo because of politics. Nancy Nord was appointed by Bush and they are waiting for a Democrat to take over her position.