Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Nomination Post - Individual
Add a comment to identify individuals who are victims of CPSIA 2008, for example you or your neighbor who depend on thrift and resale stores to provide inexpensive ways to outfit their children and grandchildren.
Nomination Post - Small Business
Add a comment to this post to nominate small business victims of CPSIA 2008 like the ones below. Please add a link, if possible, to information that will support your facts. Thanks for contributing!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Northwest Assistance Ministries - Houston
NAM no longer accepting donations of childrens items
Northwest Assistance Ministries will discontinue sales of children’s merchandise in resale shops and the distribution of children’s items.
So we have uncounted child victims who will not receive the benefit of donated items.
Northwest Assistance Ministries will discontinue sales of children’s merchandise in resale shops and the distribution of children’s items.
So we have uncounted child victims who will not receive the benefit of donated items.
Wallabies Kids and Neon Daisy
Two Consignment shops in New Port Richey, Florida CLOSED
New law for lead confounds resale and thrift shop owners
New law for lead confounds resale and thrift shop owners
Monday, February 9, 2009
5,000 Jobs Lost in New York due to CPSIA
This 5,000 job loss in one city in one industry
Both the States of New York and South Carolina are expected to face massive job losses because of this Bill when it takes effect.
Both the States of New York and South Carolina are expected to face massive job losses because of this Bill when it takes effect.
16,667 Victims of CPSIA
Click to read Post-Tribune Article
The real impact reported in this article is CPSIA's affect on the programs run by charity resale shops such as the Salvation Army:
"We're in a catch-22," said Melissa Temme, public relations director at the Salvation Army national headquarters, which runs several thrift stores in Northwest Indiana. "Fifty percent of our thrift stores fund adult substance abuse rehabilitation centers, the largest network of residential treatment centers in the country," Temme said. A conservative estimate of revenue lost due to the lead law would eliminate 16,667 people from those programs.
That's a lot of victims.
Sadly, in this same article a Once Upon A Child representative claims that they have the ability to screen every item for CPSIA compliance. Which implies that resale shops such as the Salvation Army could be doing more to protect children. This is a blatant attempt to mislead their clientele. Since nearly every children's item has the potential to exceed the new lead and phthalates limits and there is no '90-page list' of affected items, Once Upon A Child has chosen to ignore the ramifications of this new law. This list to which they refer is a list of items that have actually been recalled. Many more millions of items are affected that have not, and will not, be technically 'recalled'.
The real impact reported in this article is CPSIA's affect on the programs run by charity resale shops such as the Salvation Army:
"We're in a catch-22," said Melissa Temme, public relations director at the Salvation Army national headquarters, which runs several thrift stores in Northwest Indiana. "Fifty percent of our thrift stores fund adult substance abuse rehabilitation centers, the largest network of residential treatment centers in the country," Temme said. A conservative estimate of revenue lost due to the lead law would eliminate 16,667 people from those programs.
That's a lot of victims.
Sadly, in this same article a Once Upon A Child representative claims that they have the ability to screen every item for CPSIA compliance. Which implies that resale shops such as the Salvation Army could be doing more to protect children. This is a blatant attempt to mislead their clientele. Since nearly every children's item has the potential to exceed the new lead and phthalates limits and there is no '90-page list' of affected items, Once Upon A Child has chosen to ignore the ramifications of this new law. This list to which they refer is a list of items that have actually been recalled. Many more millions of items are affected that have not, and will not, be technically 'recalled'.
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