Comments on: CPSIA and children’s jewelry

By: More Meddlesomeness «

More Meddlesomeness « — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:18:09 +0000

[…] post is about children’s jewelry, but it signifies a far more serious problem in that every time Congress acts, American consumers […]

By: cookiewonton

cookiewonton — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:27:41 +0000

You may have already covered this, but I just recently read an article on it after suspecting it for quite some time :

“In late August 2007, Mattel, the largest toymaker in the world, hired a new lobbying firm, Johnson, Madigan, Peck, Boland & Stewart, to lobby on the bill. One of their lobbyists on this issue was Sheila Murphy, recently the legislative director for Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democratic member of the Commerce Committee’s Consumer Affairs subcommittee. Klobuchar became a cosponsor of the bill in late September 2007.”

By: CPSIA: Powersports, crystals, and stranded inventories

CPSIA: Powersports, crystals, and stranded inventories — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:26:26 +0000

[…] step dancing, with a stock of performance dresses in youth sizes (quite possibly with crystals, rhinestones or sequins, since nothing picks up stage lights the way they do). That stock of costumes, which […]

By: Betty

Betty — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:48:24 +0000

I own a small shop in Maryland. I hadn’t heard anything about this law until AFTER the one place I bought kids jewelry from sent a letter out about 2 weeks before the deadline to comply. Of course, this was after they had run a big special to get you to buy more….and I ordered pretty deep. When I called in protest, they claimed “surprise” at this law. According to them, they had just found out in December. Hard to believe, as children’s jewelry is all the sell! They said all I had to do was market it to teenagers. Right. This was Tinkerbell, etc., clearly childrens jewelry. Needless to say, if they do get it together, they have lost my business. Meanwhile, I have an inventory of product in a cupboard and unsellable unless I want to defy the new law.

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:22:25 +0000

There are biases in journalism beyond partisanship. Most reporters graduated from college with a dsgree in language arts or journalism, telling stories. For the most part they have no real understanding of scientific matters. They can cover the vacine contriversy showing respect to fanatics. They know how to read, so they foolishly believe that everybody can be taught to read. They did well in school and they believe in the nonsense of no=child-left-behind. Lead at some level will adversly affect a child, or a person. There is lead in the springs of ball point pens. Therefore to a words person we should ban ball point pens. A reasonable person would ask how the lead would get from the pen into a child; how much lead could possibly get into the child; and could a deminishly small amount of lead have a physiological effect. The answers to thes questions can be looked up at the CDC. Word people usually have poor reasoning skills – Mayor Koch, who I love, is a complete moron on matters of exposures and risks.

We have to get through to the newspapers and the puplic there beliefs in the risk of lead is just the umpteenth example of their moronism.

By: Dave at Rings & Things

Dave at Rings & Things — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:07:51 +0000

We definitely want small jewelry makers not to be hurt by CPSIA. While we don’t stock any jewelry supplies intended specifically for kids’ use, we understand how these strict new rules can hamper small businesses. Thanks for the mention, and keep fighting the good fight.

—Dave

By: John

John — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:58:17 +0000

Re: ‘Certain newspapers that have dismissed concerns about CPSIA’s effect on small businesses as “needless fears” could even send a reporter to that expo if they wanted — it’s only a few blocks’ stroll.’ While there, they could also visit the Children's Club show, going on at the Javits Center the same dates. They could interview the hundreds of boutique children's wear manufacturers, many of them local New York companies, also being crippled by this law.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:37:40 +0000

Yes they could – but they won’t.

One thing the CPSIA story has made me conclude is this: if our newspapers really are at risk of failing in the new economy, as many people say, they deserve it. Journalism is no longer a profession of diligent, objective investigative reporters, dedicated to unconvering the truth and acting as a watchdog on the government. No, now its ranks are populated by lazy, incurious hacks who identify with those in power and who don’t want to cause them any discomfort.