Comments on: More on the CPSIA http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/more-on-the-cpsia/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:32:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: HR 875 and local food: is Rep. DeLauro backtracking? http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/more-on-the-cpsia/#comment-242 HR 875 and local food: is Rep. DeLauro backtracking? Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:01:37 +0000 http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/?p=240#comment-242 [...] Well! If a bill has 41 cosponsors, it must have been well vetted, right? (CPSIA had 106). And its backers include not only Consumers Union and Consumer Federation of America — both instrumental in bringing us the CPSIA debacle — but also a group headed by an alum of Nader-founded Public Citizen. It’s not as if Public Citizen was the acknowledged leader of the Washington coalition that pushed for CPSIA and has defended it ever since, right? Oh wait. [...] [...] Well! If a bill has 41 cosponsors, it must have been well vetted, right? (CPSIA had 106). And its backers include not only Consumers Union and Consumer Federation of America — both instrumental in bringing us the CPSIA debacle — but also a group headed by an alum of Nader-founded Public Citizen. It’s not as if Public Citizen was the acknowledged leader of the Washington coalition that pushed for CPSIA and has defended it ever since, right? Oh wait. [...]

]]> By: Shopfloor » Blog Archive » CPSIA Update: Across the Nation, Dislocation http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/more-on-the-cpsia/#comment-204 Shopfloor » Blog Archive » CPSIA Update: Across the Nation, Dislocation Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:14:42 +0000 http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/?p=240#comment-204 [...] has launched a new campaign to defend it from critics; it was PC’s David Arkush who in December notoriously assailed (scroll to #1) “hysteria” about the law on the part of crafters and small businesses, broadly [...] [...] has launched a new campaign to defend it from critics; it was PC’s David Arkush who in December notoriously assailed (scroll to #1) “hysteria” about the law on the part of crafters and small businesses, broadly [...]

]]> By: CPSIA: fifty stars and an asterisk http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/more-on-the-cpsia/#comment-203 CPSIA: fifty stars and an asterisk Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:00:33 +0000 http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/?p=240#comment-203 [...] launched a new campaign to defend it from critics; it was PC’s David Arkush who in December notoriously assailed (scroll to #1) “hysteria” about the law on the part of crafters and small businesses, [...] [...] launched a new campaign to defend it from critics; it was PC’s David Arkush who in December notoriously assailed (scroll to #1) “hysteria” about the law on the part of crafters and small businesses, [...]

]]> By: Forbes.com: Down with the CPSIA! http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/more-on-the-cpsia/#comment-196 Forbes.com: Down with the CPSIA! Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:36:41 +0000 http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/?p=240#comment-196 [...] to point out that Arkush has disavowed the quote in question, so I substituted a different one. The conversation at Greco Woodcrafting tracing the matter is well worth a close [...] [...] to point out that Arkush has disavowed the quote in question, so I substituted a different one. The conversation at Greco Woodcrafting tracing the matter is well worth a close [...]

]]> By: LINDA http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/more-on-the-cpsia/#comment-193 LINDA Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:48:15 +0000 http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/?p=240#comment-193 Get the government off the backs of native americans and other crafts people who sell clothes and toys Lead is more likely from china..let's boycott China goods if the US is doing this to us!!!! WWW.ENCHANTED-MERMAID.COM Get the government off the backs of native americans and other crafts people who sell clothes and toys

Lead is more likely from china..let’s boycott China goods if the US is doing this to us!!!!
http://WWW.ENCHANTED-MERMAID.COM

]]> By: Fashion Incubator » Blog Archive » CPSIA Rant: Blame Special Interest Groups http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/more-on-the-cpsia/#comment-190 Fashion Incubator » Blog Archive » CPSIA Rant: Blame Special Interest Groups Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:17:49 +0000 http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/?p=240#comment-190 [...] to oft-repeated assertions in the Nord letter and comments published by yourselves (see comments by David Arkush) on sites on the internet, the protest against CPSIA was not [...] [...] to oft-repeated assertions in the Nord letter and comments published by yourselves (see comments by David Arkush) on sites on the internet, the protest against CPSIA was not [...]

]]> By: Nevicata http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/more-on-the-cpsia/#comment-167 Nevicata Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:33:19 +0000 http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/?p=240#comment-167 Furthermore, Mr. Arkush: if common sense is the standard we're using here, why not repeal all the product safety laws and regulations already in existence, and replace them with a Common Sense statement on product packaging? It could go something like this: "This product was designed and produced with common sense. It is intended to be used with common sense. It has not been certified by the United States Government as being free of all substances other than cotton candy (sugarless) and unicorn breath; however, we the producers believe this item to be generally safe. We would use this item ourselves and/or allow our children to use it. We do not guarantee, promise, or imply that nothing bad will ever happen within 100 yards of this product. On the contrary, if your child takes it to pieces and eats it, he will probably get sick. If he bashes another child over the head with this product, someone will bleed. If Daddy steps on it in the dark, he is likely to curse. Therefore, if you are shopping for a product that cannot possibly cause any harm to anyone or anything no matter how the product is used, abused, or employed, please return this to its shelf and continue your search elsewhere. If on the other hand you have the sense God gave broccoli, we thank you for your purchase and hope you enjoy it. Thank you." That would solve all our problems, wouldn't it? Except of course for the lead-containing toys from China, about which something could be done: such as, passing a law that requires testing of toys ('relevant risks') from China. Furthermore, Mr. Arkush: if common sense is the standard we’re using here, why not repeal all the product safety laws and regulations already in existence, and replace them with a Common Sense statement on product packaging?

It could go something like this:
“This product was designed and produced with common sense.
It is intended to be used with common sense.
It has not been certified by the United States Government as being free of all substances other than cotton candy (sugarless) and unicorn breath; however, we the producers believe this item to be generally safe. We would use this item ourselves and/or allow our children to use it.
We do not guarantee, promise, or imply that nothing bad will ever happen within 100 yards of this product.
On the contrary, if your child takes it to pieces and eats it, he will probably get sick. If he bashes another child over the head with this product, someone will bleed. If Daddy steps on it in the dark, he is likely to curse.
Therefore, if you are shopping for a product that cannot possibly cause any harm to anyone or anything no matter how the product is used, abused, or employed, please return this to its shelf and continue your search elsewhere.
If on the other hand you have the sense God gave broccoli, we thank you for your purchase and hope you enjoy it. Thank you.”

That would solve all our problems, wouldn’t it? Except of course for the lead-containing toys from China, about which something could be done: such as, passing a law that requires testing of toys (‘relevant risks’) from China.

]]> By: Nevicata http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/more-on-the-cpsia/#comment-166 Nevicata Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:07:25 +0000 http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/?p=240#comment-166 Mr. Arkush: Are you willing to shoulder the fines and the jail time for anyone convicted by a court that doesn't share your interpretation of this law? Mr. Arkush: Are you willing to shoulder the fines and the jail time for anyone convicted by a court that doesn’t share your interpretation of this law?

]]> By: grecowoodcrafting http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/more-on-the-cpsia/#comment-165 grecowoodcrafting Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:44:45 +0000 http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/?p=240#comment-165 It is in an email I received. It is in an email I received.

]]> By: Eric H http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/more-on-the-cpsia/#comment-164 Eric H Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:39:12 +0000 http://grecowoodcrafting.wordpress.com/?p=240#comment-164 That's great; we can cross off 0.00001% of the goods potentially impacted by this legislation. By the way, did you get it in writing? Or can you provide the link? You said you were directed to it, but I can't find it if you linked to it. That’s great; we can cross off 0.00001% of the goods potentially impacted by this legislation.

By the way, did you get it in writing? Or can you provide the link? You said you were directed to it, but I can’t find it if you linked to it.

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