Ho, ho, no: Toymakers say lead law harms workshops

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Ho, ho, no: Toymakers say lead law harms workshops - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081224/ap_on_re_us/tainted_toys

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Ho, ho, no: Toymakers say lead law harms workshops - Yahoo! News"The makers of handcrafted toys received some holiday hope Wednesday with support from a federal agency for proposed exemptions from strict lead-testing regulations they feared could put them out of business." (emphasis mine) So, not only do they not care about the kids who will be playing (licking, trying to eat, etc) the toys and getting lead poisoned, they don't care about their employees either, who probably come into contact with even more lead than the kids do (but they're bigger, and so able to handle it.. supposedly..)"toy makers who use benign materials such as unfinished wood, organic cotton and beeswax" And why pray God would the law apply to them? Unfinished wood in unpainted, by definition. No paint, no lead.."some unfinished natural materials should be considered lead free. The materials include wood and fibers such as cotton, silk, wool, hemp, flax and linen." And why weren't these exempted in the first draft of the rule? Unless the flax is grown in lead-toxic soil.. In which case we have bigger problems to worry about - like the corn field next-field-over, or the flax oil that is also produced there.."In August, President Bush imposed the world's strictest lead ban in products for children 12 or younger.." And what'd you wanna bet that they'll try to worm out of this by putting (in very very small type) on the package, "For children over 12 years old". Of course, we all know that won't do a thing.."law already exempts products and materials that do not threaten public safety or health." And who decides what "does not threaten public safety"? FDA? They said BPA was just fine, over the object of hundreds of scientists. They said fluoride was okay, when their own union said it might not be (IIRC). And then they're that pesky 3 mcg mercury (times n shots) that's supposedly "safe"..Jim

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Imagine this kind of justice system here with the FDA and CDC. http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=11262285

Subject: Re: Ho, ho, no: Toymakers say lead law harms workshopsTo: EOHarm Date: Sunday, December 28, 2008, 6:35 PM

Ho, ho, no: Toymakers say lead law harms workshops - Yahoo! News

"The makers of handcrafted toys received some holiday hope Wednesday with support from a federal agency for proposed exemptions from strict lead-testing regulations they feared could put them out of business." (emphasis mine)

So, not only do they not care about the kids who will be playing (licking, trying to eat, etc) the toys and getting lead poisoned, they don't care about their employees either, who probably come into contact with even more lead than the kids do (but they're bigger, and so able to handle it.. supposedly.. )

"toy makers who use benign materials such as unfinished wood, organic cotton and beeswax"

And why pray God would the law apply to them? Unfinished wood in unpainted, by definition. No paint, no lead..

"some unfinished natural materials should be considered lead free. The materials include wood and fibers such as cotton, silk, wool, hemp, flax and linen."

And why weren't these exempted in the first draft of the rule? Unless the flax is grown in lead-toxic soil.. In which case we have bigger problems to worry about - like the corn field next-field-over, or the flax oil that is also produced there..

"In August, President Bush imposed the world's strictest lead ban in products for children 12 or younger.."

And what'd you wanna bet that they'll try to worm out of this by putting (in very very small type) on the package, "For children over 12 years old". Of course, we all know that won't do a thing..

"law already exempts products and materials that do not threaten public safety or health."

And who decides what "does not threaten public safety"? FDA? They said BPA was just fine, over the object of hundreds of scientists. They said fluoride was okay, when their own union said it might not be (IIRC). And then they're that pesky 3 mcg mercury (times n shots) that's supposedly "safe"..

Jim