Comments on: CPSIA chronicles, April 9

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:10:32 +0000

“I was not surprised to find a whole lot of nice, dedicated people, the sort of people you’d want to be making products for your children to use.”

I wonder how many other parents see these “nice, dedicated people” rally in favor of not trying to keep toxic stuff out of their products and think “I don’t want my children to use their products”…

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:11:22 +0000

Some years ago our local dentists asked for fluoridation of our water. Of course there was a crazy lady who knew of research in the UK that showed fluoridation to be harmful. I was impressed by the dentists because fluoridation actually reduces demand for their services.

The American Academy of Pediatrics have a PR stake in seeming to reduce harm to children – the Senator Patty Murray problem. They did speak out against the autism-from-vaccines theory. It took them a horribly long time (March 2008), and they still want autism screening for infants.

All of our professional societies have an obligation to defend Science from hucksters and hysteria. They have failed – big time.

I plead that somebody put together a letter to The American Academy of Pediatrics. I suggest stressing the trade off between lead and affordable winter clothing for poor children.

By: joliefay2003

joliefay2003 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:54:10 +0000

If anyone happens to have a connections with the American Academy of Pediatrics, to back up that the regulation of lead and phthalates is unscientific then we have it in the bag. I was advised that we need support from the Consumer Union and AAP to be heard by the Dems on this issue.

Both groups should be pro-bike and pro-horseback riding (saddles for kids are also banned because they are too expensive or impossible to test do to the cost and the batch size) and if we can get Congress to legislate that the CPSC has the power to do risk assessment most of the safe products can be cleared.

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:00:29 +0000

Problems with lead regulations have been with us for some time. Back in 2003 I met a school maintenance guy who replaced all of the plumbing in his school to get rid of the lead in the water. There was no lead in the water entering the school. He still had a lead reading after his work because some lead was needed in the faucets. Replacing lead pipes might be needed, but replacing soldered joints is fanatical.

The impact of CPSIA on various activities is bad enough, but the HUGH BIG problem is with the unscientific nature of the regulations of of lead and phthalates.

By: Andrew_M_Garland

Andrew_M_Garland — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:52:16 +0000

Congressman John Kline responded and said efforts are underway to change the law, but with the focus on larger budget issues he admitted it could be years before this gets another look.

Congressman Kline and many other congressmen voted for this law of such consequence without thinking or reading. Possibly their priority is to wait a few years. The public will have the opportunity in 18 months to evaluate Congressman Kline by election.

How many other things is Kline fouling up? Given our current congress, probably quite a bit.

By: Mars Feeney

Mars Feeney — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:43:38 +0000

Congressman Kline, there is a quick way to fix this law: repeal it! Revisit it in a couple of years when Congress has the time to do it right.

This law is doing far more damage than good. It’s not going to get better with age – it’s just going to do more damage. The sooner it is repealed the less damage it will do.