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I have written a lot about safe toys for kids and how the safety standard in this country have to be stricter for children’s products that we get from China. If you are a regular reader of this blog you know I love supporting small businesses, especially mom owned businesses.
I am all for making the safety standards of mass-produced toys made in China stronger, and banning toxins like phthalates and lead in all of our toys, and feeding products.

The Consumer Products Safety Commission has passed the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act which goes into effect in February of 2009. This will eliminate the small toy manufacturers, crafters and all children’s product makers. The ones I am buying from this holiday season, the ones who make safe toys for our children right here in America. They same ones I beg you to buy from to support mom owned businesses, they will be obsolete. The price of testing and labeling all products will be too great for small businesses and I think all children’s products will go up if even large companies like Gap has to test everything from zippers to trims on clothing. This is a good idea that has turned into legislation that just wasn’t thought out properly. Everyone will pay the price. Small businesses and manufacturers will go out of business. Retailers of children’s goods, both online and brick and mortar, will be hurt if not also put out of business.
So in February basically all handmade toys and clothing will now be illegal.

Here is what you can do:
-Send everyone you know this artical to help save safe toys
-Write to your congress person and senators
-Send a letter directly to the CPSC
-Join the Handmade Toy Alliance and check out their proposed changes to the act

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This is a good idea that has turned into legislation that just wasn’t thought out properly. Everyone will pay the price. Small businesses and manufacturers will go out of business. Retailers of children’s goods, both online and brick and mortar, will be hurt if not also put out of business

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Posted in Announcements, Toys on December 16th, 2008

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