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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. . . announced a voluntary recall of . . . Ceramic piggy and lion banks. Hazard: The yellow surface paint on the banks contains excessive levels of lead which is prohibited under federal law. Incidents/Injuries: None reported. [...] The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada . . . announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: Youth and Adult Brine VIP Lacrosse [...] Government agencies must take action to justify their existence. Agency action usually means loss of freedom and financial harm to the public. One of the most worthless government agencies is the Consumer Product Safety Commission that now sticks its ugly head in all facets of American life. It’s latest target – roller shades [...] Forbes: Fear that real rocks may contain harmful substances, a school cancelled its rock purchase order and showed students a poster of rocks instead of the real thing. “And so it goes in the unbrave new world, where nothing is safe enough. It’s a world brought to us by the once sane, [...] From the your tax dollars at work department. No. We did not make up the warning from the Consumer Products Safety Commission that appears under the headline in bold below. After reading it, I can’t wait for possible future announcements from the CPSC that may warn parents about the dangers of children: Falling [...] The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of a children’s tiarat. Consumers should stop using it immediately. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Hazard: The tiara contains high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects. [...] The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, aka the Toy Police, in cooperation with the Target, announced a voluntary recall of Boys’ and girls’ belts because the belt buckles contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard. Incidents/Injuries: None reported. USA Today: “Nearly two years after the [Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act] was enacted, Congress and the Consumer Product Safety Commission are still struggling to reduce its burden on small businesses while eliminating the risk of lead and phthalates in children’s products. . . . A coalition of small businesses and manufacturers, the [...] The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a stupid voluntary recall of a basketball-shaped chair and ottoman sets due to violation of the ridiculous federal lead paint standard. The product is called the All-Star Basketball Chair and Ottoman Set. Hazard: Surface paints on the lettering on both sides of the basketball chair could [...] The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) has killed another toy store and put more people out of work. After 28 years of selling toys, the Essence of Nonsense toy store closed its doors forever. According to Pioneer Press “Many of the small European toymakers she relied on for her unique product mix [...] The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of the “Best Friends” Charm Bracelet Sets because the heart lock charms attached to the bracelets contain high levels of cadmium. Without any scientific proof, the CPSC claims that cadmium is toxic if ingested by children and can cause adverse health effects. The [...] The Consumer Product Safety Information Act (CPSIA) is a terrible law that is costing American businesses billions of dollars and eliminating thousands of jobs – all in the name of protecting children from lead poisoning. The law illustrates perfectly the problem with giving government too much power over our lives. CPSIA over-regulates something [...] Amend the CPSIA: “If you wonder why Waxman and his staff won’t discuss a change to the age limits in the CPSIA, it’s their fear of the “common toy box”. They claim that unless a wide net is spread over children’s products, small children could be “affected” by the toys of older children in the [...] This story about the affect the toy police and the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act is from Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Anne Northup. She says: As a Kentuckian who knows how badly we need more jobs, it’s a shame to hear from a local hometown business who is genuinely trying to comply with [...] Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Anne M. Northup announced on her blog that the CPSC “adopted a rule that will become the only guidance companies will have (at least, in the form of an official rulemaking) in knowing whether the product they make is a ‘children’s product’ under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act [...] At long last the Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a proposed definition of the term “children’s product.” The CPSC has been enforcing federal laws applicable to children’s products for years so it is nice that it finally may know one when it sees one. Check out the new proposed definition, but first a warning [...] Warning: Do not let your kids eat any bicycle bells because the bells may contain lead. If your child must eat bicycle bells, try to educate the kid to never eat the entire bell. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of children’s red, black and white bicycle bells bells [...] The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning consumers that they should immediately stop using children’s metal charm bracelets. Hazard: The bracelets contain high levels of cadmium. Laboratory analysis determined that following a 24-hour incubation in simulated stomach acid, over 20,000 micrograms of cadmium were released from the snowman alone. Cadmium can be toxic if [...] Recently the Associated Press ran a story about the metal content of a number of items of children’s jewelry made in China. The AP tested some jewelry products and found that some of the items contained cadmium. The article speculated that the manufacturers of these items substituted cadmium in place of lead because [...] The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of children’s bangle bracelets. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Hazard: The surface coating on the bracelets contains high levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard. Incidents/Injuries: None reported. [...] Toy police ban children’s BigBox Hockey Sets for containing excessive levels of lead violating the federal lead paint standard. Units: About 580. Hazard: The surface coating on the boards, which are assembled together to form the floor hockey playing-field, contain excessive levels of lead violating the federal lead paint standard. Description and Models: [...] Amend the CPSIA: “The Democrats apparently have it in for rhinestones and are so uptight about this ‘menace’ that they are willing to write an outright ban into the CPSIA, via Mr. Waxman’s new amendment. No more bling for you! Have we finally entered the land of the looneys? . . . [...] An onerous federal law called the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) prevents the sale of products to children unless the products and their component parts each pass an expensive test for lead that proves the products and their components lead content is below the stringent federal lead standard. Many companies that used [...] The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), aka Toy Police, announced that Schylling Associates Inc., of Rowley, Mass. agreed to pay a $200,000 civil penalty. The penalty settlement . . . resolves staff allegations that the company violated the federal lead paint ban regarding toys with surface paints containing lead that exceed the [...] The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada today announced a voluntary recall of Tiny Tink and Friends Children’s Toy Jewelry Set. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Hazard: A cylindrical metal connector on a charm can contain levels of total lead in excess of 300 ppm, which [...] The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada today announced a voluntary recall of papyrus Brand Greeting Cards with bracelets. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Units: About 174,000. Hazard: The surface paint coating on the bracelets sold with greeting cards contain excessive levels of lead violating the [...] The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, aka Toy Police, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Children’s Metal Necklaces. Hazard: The recalled necklaces contain high levels of cadmium. Cadmium is toxic if ingested by young children and [...] U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Nature Wonders HD Pinto Horse Toy Figures. Hazard: The surface paint coating on [...]
ABC News: “A landmark agreement involving two big retail chains establishes, for the first time, limits on lead in women’s handbags and wallets. The Center for Environmental Health . . . bought purses. The group had the bags tested for lead at an independent lab. Some bags were wiped to [...] Washington Post: “What happened when the U.S. cracked down on Chinese imports of children’s toys, jewelry and other items containing lead in 2008? Chinese manufacturers apparently just swapped out the lead for cadmium, another cheap, dangerous heavy metal. While various government agencies and Congress debate what’s to be done about the recent influx [...] |
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