This is all too very intresting................I could go on about how the people without children want to tell, those of us that do, what and how we should be raising/protecting them.......... but I won't, don't get me wrong, I don't want my kids eating their bikes, bats, power sport vehicles......... so here we are again........the people that are able to be involved, elected, appionted, or other wise, to make a change for the better, ............there minds are clouded with a personal agenda ........
Publicly feared.......
Politicly motovated.........
for personal gain........

NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 30, 2009
Release #09-115 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908



CPSC Grants One Year Stay of Testing and Certification Requirements for Certain Products
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted unanimously (2-0) to issue a one year stay of enforcement for certain testing and certification requirements for manufacturers and importers of regulated products, including products intended for children 12 years old and younger. These requirements are part of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), which added certification and testing requirements for all products subject to CPSC standards or bans.

Significant to makers of children’s products, the vote by the Commission provides limited relief from the testing and certification requirements which go into effect on February 10, 2009 for new total lead content limits (600 ppm), phthalates limits for certain products (1000 ppm), and mandatory toy standards, among other things. Manufacturers and importers – large and small – of children’s products will not need to test or certify to these new requirements, but will need to meet the lead and phthalates limits, mandatory toy standards and other requirements.

The decision by the Commission gives the staff more time to finalize four proposed rules which could relieve certain materials and products from lead testing and to issue more guidance on when testing is required and how it is to be conducted.

The stay will remain in effect until February 10, 2010, at which time a Commission vote will be taken to terminate the stay.

The stay does not apply to:

Four requirements for third-party testing and certification of certain children’s products subject to:
The ban on lead in paint and other surface coatings effective for products made after December 21, 2008;
The standards for full-size and non full-size cribs and pacifiers effective for products made after January 20, 2009;
The ban on small parts effective for products made after February 15, 2009; and
The limits on lead content of metal components of children’s jewelry effective for products made after March 23, 2009.
Certification requirements applicable to ATV’s manufactured after April 13, 2009.
Pre-CPSIA testing and certification requirements, including for: automatic residential garage door openers, bike helmets, candles with metal core wicks, lawnmowers, lighters, mattresses, and swimming pool slides; and
Pool drain cover requirements of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act.
The stay of enforcement provides some temporary, limited relief to the crafters, children’s garment manufacturers and toy makers who had been subject to the testing and certification required under the CPSIA. These businesses will not need to issue certificates based on testing of their products until additional decisions are issued by the Commission. However, all businesses, including, but not limited to, handmade toy and apparel makers, crafters and home-based small businesses, must still be sure that their products conform to all safety standards and similar requirements, including the lead and phthalates provisions of the CPSIA.

Handmade garment makers are cautioned to know whether the zippers, buttons and other fasteners they are using contain lead. Likewise, handmade toy manufacturers need to know whether their products, if using plastic or soft flexible vinyl, contain phthalates.

The stay of enforcement on testing and certification does not address thrift and second hand stores and small retailers because they are not required to test and certify products under the CPSIA. The products they sell, including those in inventory on February 10, 2009, must not contain more than 600 ppm lead in any accessible part. The Commission is aware that it is difficult to know whether a product meets the lead standard without testing and has issued guidance for these companies that can be found on our web site.

The Commission trusts that State Attorneys General will respect the Commission's judgment that it is necessary to stay certain testing and certification requirements and will focus their own enforcement efforts on other provisions of the law, e.g. the sale of recalled products.

Please visit the CPSC Web site at www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/cpsia.html for more information on all of the efforts being made to successfully implement the CPSIA.

Statements on this vote by Acting Chairman Nancy Nord and Commissioner Thomas H. Moore are in portable document format (PDF).

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And let's not forget:
The new definition of an uninformed idiot?
Anyone who disagrees with a Liberal.
Now that's funny...

If this ban truly is intended to be far-reaching then why have I only read about it in powersport discussions? Why didn't Barbie Jeeps (or helmets, bicycles, or even (GASP!) toothbrushes!) disappear from Walmart shelves? If it's really meant to prevent children from coming into contact with lead (and phthalates) why aren't all batteries banned? They're small enough to put in the mouth and contain lots of lead. This certainly smells of an anti-OHV agenda to me.

If they (whoever THEY are...) want to ban kiddie cars then let's add other electric cars to the list. Wonder how long such a ban would last if it included the tree-hugger's favorite toys, too?

See!!! Obama was only in office for 10 days and he is working on fixing the problem



Obviously I am joking.

Chris

The unaminous decision was a vote of 2-0.
Two people?
Basically two people are driving the application of multi-million dollars as well as the lively hood of thousands of people.

Johnny Tugs of NEBA found that NJ State Rep Tom Self has a letter directed as this very topic.

From the link, according to Rep. Tom Self you can:
SEND A LETTER TO THE U.S. CONGRESS
If you would like us to send a letter to the United States Congress on your behalf, please fill in your name and address (optional) below and we will forward the following email to the Representatives and Senators.

http://www.tomself.com/
Please go read the letter and send it out. We need to draw attention to this...

There was word on the floor of the Dealer EXPO yesterday that there was movenment on the matter of the age issue. All parties involved in this matter seem to moving in the right direction to correct the language on this mess.

Every person, manufacture, distributor and dealer were signing petitions during the expo and we were getting updates when they were available.

Just keep signing the petitions and keep the presure on, it will be fixed soon. Keep your fingers crossed just incase...

THIS IS CRAZY!!!!

letters sent!

Rush mentioned it briefly at the close of his show today. It's gaining attention...

when i first read this when it was first posted i like to have went wright through the roof this is just plumb crazy.i'm sure there had to be alot of you scratch my back i'll scratch yours on both parties to even get something like this past to begin with.

but there is still something in the back of my mind thinking what would obamas administration be doing about this if the economy wasn't so bad. an the only reason they are looking at this is because of the loss of more money and jobs,at a time that this country can't afford to.

i just don't know what to think about any thing any more,this is just craziness.


pud