Comments on: CPSIA: The children’s product safety “crisis” that wasn’t https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/cpsia-the-childrens-product-safety-crisis-that-wasnt/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 Nov 2016 21:19:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Cousin Dave https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/cpsia-the-childrens-product-safety-crisis-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-40495 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:03:31 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8790#comment-40495 “we might as well deduce a “children’s bathing crisis” from a bathtub drowning, “…

Don’t give the CPSC any ideas. Remeber their infamous attempt to force regulations that would have required mop buckets be incapable of holding water?

]]> By: Gale https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/cpsia-the-childrens-product-safety-crisis-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-39708 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:25:15 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8790#comment-39708 PS: Sorry about all the typos. I should have edited before I posted.

]]> By: Gale https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/cpsia-the-childrens-product-safety-crisis-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-39707 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:23:21 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8790#comment-39707 I think part of the reason for the fear and hysteria about the lead recalls in 2008 is not so much that things were recalled–but the companies they were being recalled from. Any parent who has watched for recalls knows will notice a lot of them coming from cheap, dollar store items (at least I have–and I’m talking previous to 2008). But the recalls due to lead paint in Thomas and Friends and Fisher Price toys broke down a lot of parents comfort that if they bought something “quality” it would be safe. Thomas the Train doesn’t fit the “cheap toy” mold–it’s expensive, wood, and comes with a life-time garuntee…which I think made parents like me feel “safe” about it, like we were buying something really quality for our children. Same with Fisher Price. Though not the same type of toy, they have a real reputation for being safe. Heck, we played with Fisher Price when we were kids. So I think when these two came up for recalls it made parents feel like no toy was safe. I know of parents who had these toys and payed to get their kids tested for lead poisoning… I know one mom who sent back her recalled toy, tested her child for lead poisoning, received the replacement train (and they sent an extra train I guess as a “sorry about this” effort) and then THAT train came up for recall, and so the whole process started again. So it wasn’t a small issue for us. It’s good to know that the actual harm to children was small, though.

Anyways, thanks for your informative blog. I am glad that they there has been some headway towards amending this law. While I think the law should be reasonable…I don’t think that a little more scrutiny of companies is uncalled for altogether. I think actually if they can come up with a law that is reasonable and well thought out it will make people feel more safe, and that will be good for the businesses as well as consumers. But if they do it wrong, like it seemed like they were heading for…well, yeah, it could be a mess.

Oh…and speaking of laws and recalls, China is EXECUTING several people involved in the melamine in milk there. Wonder what affect THAT will have on the safety of products coming from China.

]]> By: Xmas https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/cpsia-the-childrens-product-safety-crisis-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-39670 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:23:54 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8790#comment-39670 Woah, font size change!

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