Comments on: CPSIA chronicles, March 30

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:18:05 +0000

There is so much gnashing of teeth about lobbyists, but a much larger problem comes from activists. The Chinese toys scare was whipped up by activists. I argued at the time that paints bind so strongly to plastic that the chance of any child being hurt by the paint was non-existent. It turned out worse than I said as the lead paint was de minimis in amount too. Some lead nuts have convinced our lawmakers that any lead, no matter how small is dangerous. Senator Durbin, Speaker Pelosi, Senator Patty Murray, etc are good people who just can’t comprehend the concepts of exposures and dose. That form of stupidity is nearly universal. Children have died in airplane crashes, but Mrs. Murray doesn’t want to ban flight for children under 12. After all, Boeing is in her state.

As bad as the CPSIA is, it does not hold a candle to the anti GM food campaign. Those nuts are damming Asian and African children by the tens of thousands to blindness. And let’s not forget the $5 billion cost to dismantle Shoreham nuclear plant to placate Andrew Cuomo and his playmates.

By: Walker

Walker — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:55:09 +0000

Not sure if this comment made it through or not. So I just thought I’d be careful.

In case you’re interested, Charles Henry over at Covenant Zone has been going to town on the whole CPSIA thing lately:

http://covenantzone.blogspot.com/2009/03/cpsia-update-gaming-system-instead-of.html

http://covenantzone.blogspot.com/2009/03/cpsia-update-video-of-malcolm-smith.html

http://covenantzone.blogspot.com/2009/03/good-news-about-bad-news-cpsia-is.html

http://covenantzone.blogspot.com/2009/03/senator-tom-self-revs-up-motorbike-fans.html

If this comment already published, sorry. Feel free to delete one of them.

Cheers!

By: Mich R

Mich R — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:00:12 +0000

Not only are they unaware, but they couldn’t care less. Dealing with the CPSIA has become a matter of pride for Congress, at this point. There is no denying that the legislation is inherently flawed, but to acknowledge that, and work towards Congressional rehab of the CPSIA, would be to admit that no one in Congress performed any due diligence when the bill was up for vote, anincluding small business and economic impact studies.
An admission of that magnitude would be indicative of just how out of touch and truely uninvolved in the real world, Congress really is.
How can they be bothered to even read the proposed legislation (especially during an election year), let alone investigate its possible impact, when there are naps to take and tweets to make during Session?

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:41:31 +0000

But are our elected officials truly unaware of the role thrift shops play in the lives of those trying to raise families with no margin of financial safety?

Yes they are really concerned about these people. Don’t expect their response to be anything other than “Let them eat cake”!