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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.
From WABC New York, New York
Broadcast Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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It’s a proven fact we learn best when having fun, and the folks at Leapfrog took this to heart when developing their Learn and Groove Music Table
http://www.squidoo.com/Leapfrog-Musical-Table-Toy
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Hi, I’m David Clingaman and the inventor of StyroPlane. Patent Pending.
- The Plane has no surface controls, it turns and flies on differential power.
- Each plane sells for $79.95, plus shipping and handling.
For information visit my channel!
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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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Broadcast Friday, January 2, 2009
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The Toy Box Daycare is located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
We are a full service daycare featuring secured entrances, live video cameras, panic buttons linked directly to the Windsor Police Service, highly trained Early Childhood Education (ECE) Staff, safe food handler trained kitchen staff, daily themes and activities for the children, and and outdoor playground kids dream about! The Toy Box Day Care staff is fully trained in First Aid & CPR.
The purpose of The Toy Box Daycare shall be to make available quality childcare at competitive prices, to promote Health and Safety, to provide an environment which children feel comfortable exploring freely, to develop the social, emotional and cognitive abilities of the children in our care. The purpose of The Toy Box Daycare shall be advanced through The Board of Directors, The Ministry of Community and Social Services and the Ministry of Children and Youth Services.
FACTS
* The Toy Box Daycare was established in the summer of 2002
* Licensing by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services done on a yearly basis
* Regular Health and Safety Inspection conducted by the Windsor Essex County Health
* Key pad door lock provides secure premises
* Monthly fire drills are conducted for crisis management purposes
* Food Handler certified kitchen staff
* All employees are First Aid and CPR certified
* Low staff turnover rate due to quality management
* Daily playground checks are conducted to provide maximum safety outdoors
* Water park located on premises
The Toy Box Early Childhood Education Centre is dedicated to making your family’s experience a positive one for all involved.
Come visit our website at www.thetoyboxece.com
The Toy Box Day Care is located in Windsor, Ontario, at 2550 McDougall Avenue.
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Today the House is considering, HR 4040, the Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act. The bill creates the TOUGHEST lead standard in the world for children’s products, requires mandatory safety standards for nursery products (e.g., cribs and high chairs) and after review for toys, requires mandatory third-party testing of children’s products, requires tracking labels to aid recalls, prohibits the sale and export of recalled products, improves public notice, protects rights of injured consumers to sue bad actors, strengthens the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and provides CPSC with urgently needed resources, and bans travel by CPSC Commissioners and staff that is paid for by an organization regulated by the CPSC.
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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.
http://www.change.org/ideas
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/save_handmade_toys_from_the_cpsia
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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.
Video from WJRT ABC12 (Flint- Saginaw, Michigan News)
Broadcast Tuesday, December 30, 2008
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Safe Kids Columbus Safety Segment WXTX/WTVM