CPSIA 2008′s new safety laws are hurting local toymakers and businesses.

Mel Taber of Camillus, NY runs a toymaking business out of his home and is concerned that CPSIA 2008′s new testing standards will be so costly, he will be put out of business.

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My Fox Chicago delves into the new regulations set by the CPSIA 2008 on lead testing for toys. Besides giving information on how parents can check to see if the toy they plan to put under the Christmas tree is safe, they talk to Rick Woldenberg, Chairman, of Learning Resources. Woldenberg is concerned that the CPSIA has not made provision for handcrafters, artisans and small manufacturers of childrens items and the strict mandatory testing will put many out of business.

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Brian Pharoah fondly remembers playing with handmade wooden toys made by his grandfather. Pharoah started looking for toys reminiscent of his childhood and subsequently started an online wooden toy business called realwoodentoys.com. But will the CPSIA testing laws chip away at Pharoah’s wooden toy suppliers so badly, he will end up with a skeleton of his pride and joy?

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Hundreds of workers from the childrens garment industry in New York protested the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act which will go into effect February 10, 2009. Spokesman Cory Silverstein of Kids Headquarters said the consequences of the CPSIA will be grave.

Despite the one year stay of enforcement for lead testing and certificates of content which the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued Friday, January 30, 2009, Silverstein stated that millions of pieces of safe product are being shipped back to the manufacturers. As a result, the manufacturers will be forced to destroy perfectly safe clothing at tremendous losses, forcing many to declare bankruptcy. Closed manufacturers means thousands of workers will lose their jobs.

Steve Levy of Star Ride Kids demonstrated the clothing components which would have to be tested and made a call for common sense.

Don Mays of Consumer Union which publishes Consumer Reports Magazine talked to WABC reporter Tappy Phillips and told her that implementation of the regulations was handled badly. He also said that parents don’t have to worry too much about the safety of clothing already in the marketplace.

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Jennifer vanVorst enjoys making baby bibs and she likes the bit of income she makes from selling them. Her fabrics are organic and do not contain lead or the other tested chemicals that are part of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act’s new regulations.

She fears without exemptions or modifications of the CPSIA, she will be forced to hang up the baby bibs for good.

PLUS, BICYCLES are under scrutiny per the new law too!

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Cecilia Leibovitz was planning to sell bunches of her lovingly handcrafted bunnies this Easter, but new CPSIA lead testing regulations have threatened the existence of the cute critters. Her business, Baby Fairies, stopped making them because the testing is so expensive.

Leibovitz and her partner, Michael Secore, also run an online store called Craftsbury Kids, which represents about 100 artisans and handcrafters who make toys and clothing.

http://www.craftsburykids.com/

Cecilia Leibovitz has been instrumental in the grassroots movement to modify the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act 2008 which will go into effect February 10, 2009. Prohibitively costly lead testing will potentially put out of business thousands of handcrafters, artisans and small businesses which produce and sell children’s products.

Cecilia Leibovitz’s idea to “Save Small Business from the CPSIA” was a winner in the recent Ideas for Change in America Competition on the website change.org. The top ten causes which received the most votes from the public will be presented to US President Barack Obama.

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See the full article on Etsy’s blog, the Storque. Toymaker Amber Dusick aka woodmouse has her wood shop in her garage in downtown LA. After the birth of her son, this one time farm girl from Minnesota became nostalgic for the toys from her past: simple, natural toys that would inspire creativity and imaginative play, made from materials that wouldn’t stick around in a landfill for thousands of years.

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Mid-Michigan toy stores which stock natural toys are facing passing on the high costs of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Acts mandated testing to their faithful customers.
Chris Mathew of the Linden Toy Factory and DAve Barr of Imagination Station express their concern.

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Fox News retail analyst Hitha Prabhakar (former writer for Forbes) claims the CPSIA’s new lead testing law “isn’t going to affect the children’s clothing industry that much.” She thinks that much of the testing has already been done. When asked by the commentator, Prabhaker admits “it will have a pretty strong impact on small businesses…especially if they can’t afford that” (the testing, but) “this is a very small portion of the market.”

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CPSIA 2008′s new safety laws are hurting local toymakers and businesses.

Katie Steuernagle of Rochester, Minnesota makes and sells handmade toys out of her home and is concerned that CPSIA 2008′s new testing standards will be so costly, she will be put out of business.

Katie, who appeared on the Martha Stewart show last week (December 2008) said she started the business as an alternative to Chinese imports, which proved last year to be the impetus for the new strict lead testing laws that go into effect February 10, 2009.

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