Coalition Letters
10.27.09 Letter to Chairman Pryor calling for hearing on CPSIA implementation
07.15.09 Letter to CPSC seeking determination that fabric is inherently lead free
03.24.09 Letter to CPSC seeking stay of enforcement of certain tracking label requirements
02.03.09 Letter to New York Congressional Delegation asking for help
01.30.09 Follow-up letter to CPSC reiterating that lead does not occur in textiles and textiles should therefore be exempt from the lead standard under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
More coming soon...
In the Press
Wall Street Journal 08.12.09
Consumer Product Destruction
Editorial by WSJ
Congress has the power to destroy, and that's precisely what it has done with its needless 2008 panic over lead in toys. More suffering is on the way for thousands of private businesses because Democrats refuse even to acknowledge, much less fix, their mistake...
Earnshaw's 08.10.09
Jewelry, Accessories and Clothing Industries Meet to Discuss Rhinestone Ban
Article by Sanford Kearns
Children’s wear manufacturers joined more than 70 representatives from the jewelry and accessories industries in New York on August 6 to discuss strategy for reversing the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) decision not to exempt crystal and glass rhinestones from the lead limits of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)...
Roll Call 07.27.09
CPSC Chairwoman's Pledge for 'Common Sense' Approach to be Tested
Op-Ed by Steve Levy
At her Senate confirmation hearing last month, new Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairwoman Inez Tenenbaum pledged a “common sense” approach to implementing the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which has caused so much confusion for consumers and so many problems for businesses...
Wall Street Journal 03.05.09
Makers Are Pushing Back on Toxic-Toy Law
Article by Joseph Pereira
Makers of children's products and charities that run second-hand shops are stuck with more than $1 billion of inventory they can't sell because of a new federal product-safety law...
The Hill 03.05.09
Congress, CPSC Pointing Fingers on Toy Safety Bill
Article by Jim Snyder
New lead standards Congress adopted last year in response to fears about toy safety are entangling a range of products, including library books and youth all-terrain vehicles, that critics say the law was never intended to cover...
NY1 News 02.04.09
Garment Industry Protests Lead Testing Rules
Article & Video
Hundreds of garment workers and childrenswear manufacturers held a rally yesterday against new federal standards they say will cripple the industry...
Publisher's Weekly 02.04.09
CPSIA Stay Provides Relief But Not Reform
Article by Karen Raugust
Last Friday’s one-year stay of enforcement of the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act of 2008 has caused many in the publishing industry to breathe a sigh of relief...
Associated Press 02.03.09
NYC Protesters: Lead Regulations Will Ax Jobs
Article by Verena Dobnik
Garment workers protesting in front of Macy's say a new law aimed at eliminating lead from products will result in lost jobs and shuttered stores...
WABC-7 02.03.09
Controversy Over New Lead Regs
Article & Video by Tappy Phillips
It's a Consumer Product Safety Commission regulation that's supposed to get the lead out of children's products like toys, even clothing. But the clothing manufacturers say they will be out - millions of dollars - and their product won't be any safer...
1010 WINS (Talk Radio) 02.03.09
NYC Protesters: Lead Regulations Will Ax Jobs
Garment workers protesting in front of Macy's say a new law aimed at eliminating lead from products will result in lost jobs and shuttered stores...
Staten Island Advance 02.03.09
NYC Protesters: Lead Regulations Will Kill Jobs
Garment workers protesting in front of Macy's say a new law aimed at eliminating lead from products will result in lost jobs and shuttered stores...
New York Post 01.28.09
How 'Child Safety' May Kill NYC Jobs
Op-ed by Jeff Stier
If Congress doesn't act quickly, tens of thousands of Americans will lose their jobs - and several hundred New York businesses will get hit particularly hard...
Letters of Support Written By Members of Congress
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