CPSIA2008

This blog is all about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. A well-intentioned piece of legislation enacted in August of 2008 which effectively stops resale of all items (for use by children 12 and under) that cannot be proven to meet the new lead and phthalate standards. This law will also make home based crafting businesses follow these same requirements and effectively put them out of business.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Not in America

When you have to consult a lawyer before holding a church benefit sale ...
Posted by Connie at 8:09 AM

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CPSIA

CPSIA
Well, we got the lead out

How this will affect From My Room

  • From My Room website
  • From My Room online newsletter
  • Naperville Sun Article

Help me show the victims of CPSIA

  • CPSIA Victims

More information on CPSIA

  • What Is The CPSIA
  • GrimReader
  • Learning Resources CPSIA blog
  • Overlawyered.com
  • The League of Ordinary Gentlemen
  • No Small Business Exemption
  • I'm from the government and I'm here to help
  • CNN Article
  • How dangerous are phthalates?
  • Ideas for Change in America
  • Cultural Genocide
  • National Bankruptcy Day
  • Christian Science Monitor - good summary
  • Effects of CPSIA in 2009
  • Goodwill
  • Green Daily
  • American Council on Science and Health
  • Save Handmade Handbook
  • Toy Industry Approach
  • 6 month old raises awareness for CPSIA
  • Pelosi's Toy Story - Wall Street Journal
  • Still trouble despite press release
  • Ban books from libraries?
  • National Association of Resale and Thrift Shops
  • The Smart Mama
  • Save Kids Resale and Consignment
  • From My Room
  • The Law

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      • Write to Glenn Beck!
      • Not in America
      • More resale and thrift updates
      • The Common Room: Who Lobbied for the CPSIA?
      • UK newspapers pick up on the insanity
      • and now, a summary from Planet Moron
      • CPSIA Poetry - Here's mine
      • Rush Limbaugh on CPSIA today!
      • Dr. Seuss was prescient!
      • More Absurd Developments
      • So this is all making kids safer?
      • Forgotten Small Business Laws
      • Five Favorite Things Affected By CPSIA
      • CPSIA for Dummies?
      • Ban on Phthalates now retroactive
      • Salvation Army
      • Weekly CPSC CPSIA Missive
      • USA Today article
      • Rumblings from Washington, D.C.
    • ►  January (19)

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Connie
I am a mom and owner of From My Room, a children's and maternity resale store in Naperville, Illinois
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