Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act
We’re all for strengthening the safety standards of mass-produced toys, clothes, and accessories made in China, and banning toxins like phthalates and lead. But this year, congress (USA’s) passed the ill-conceived Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act, a law which goes into effect in two months and will absolutely decimate the small toy manufacturers, independent artisans, and crafters who have already earned the public trust. The very same ones that we often feature here and in our yearly special edition gift guides.
With this act going into effect February 10 2009 so many people we love will be affected: Moms who sew beautiful handmade waldorf dolls out of home, artists who have spent decades hand-carving trucks and cars out of natural woods, that guy at the craft show who sold you the cute handmade puzzle–even larger US companies who employ local workers and have not once had any sort of safety issue will no longer be able to sell their goods. Not without investing tens of thousands of dollars into third-party testing and labeling, just to prove that toys that never had a single toxic chemical in them still don’t have a single toxic chemical in them.
If you want to help spread the word, you can post this button on your blog or website. It’s our hope that together, we can encourage Congress to amend the act so that we can both keep our children safe and protect the handmade toys and clothing that we love so much.
These toxic toys should be fully banned because these toys contains various chemicals like vinyl chloride,lead, phthalates etc. All these chemicals are hazardous for children because they used to put the toys in their mouth while playing with them.And these chemicals affect on the growth of child,on their eyes etc.If govt. will encourage the handmade toys then there will be lots of employment in the rural areas.Also handmade toys like wooden cars,cotton stitched dolls,teddy bears are non toxic.