Comments on: CPSIA chronicles, February 12

By: NPR on CPSIA: “Public Concern, Not Science, Prompts Plastics Ban”

NPR on CPSIA: “Public Concern, Not Science, Prompts Plastics Ban” — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:29:08 +0000

[…] whatever steps are necessary [emphasis added] to ensure this phthalate ban is enforced”); Feb. 12 (what ingredients in playthings are going to replace phthalates, and are those ingredients going to […]

By: CPSIA: a scorecard of reform bills

CPSIA: a scorecard of reform bills — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:04:50 +0000

[…] into several areas of the law, and which Congress (under pressure from Public Citizen and others) refused to incorporate into the stimulus package; and S. 389, a bill introduced by Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah) “to […]

By: CPSC: No, we didn’t ask libraries to pull pre-1985 books

CPSC: No, we didn’t ask libraries to pull pre-1985 books — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:13:31 +0000

[…] not as if Wolfson was making things up here. As readers will recall, one of the two CPSC commissioners, Thomas Moore, called weeks ago for some undefinedly large share […]

By: Kitschy Coo

Kitschy Coo — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:50:02 +0000

Thanks so much for consistently and accurately updating us on the CPSIA debacle, you’re my number one resource!

I am one of the international sellers that posted in the Etsy thread about how to react to the law. Not that many smaller-scale sellers here in the UK were very aware of the CPSIA and how it might affect their business in the US so I’ve been doing my best to get the word out.
On 10 Feb I removed 75% of my inventory from my Etsy shop (anything with zippers, plastic buttons and snaps). It just wasn’t worth the risk.

If you’re interested, here’s my blog post about it: http://kitschycoo.blogspot.com/2009/02/todays-big-day-cpsia-is-here.html

By: CPSIA chronicles, February 13

CPSIA chronicles, February 13 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:49:47 +0000

[…] will be familiar to those who read Tuesday’s post at this site, as well as yesterday’s mention of CPSC commissioner Thomas Moore’s call last week (PDF) for some undefinedly large share of […]

By: perlhaqr

perlhaqr — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:13:00 +0000

Dilemma for overseas makers of children’s items: find tactful way to announce ban on sales to U.S. customers

Why be tactful?

“Dear Americans: Your f—— idiot Congress has made it essentially impossible for us to ship anything to your country. Congratulations.”