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Posted March 9, 2009
Sorry, I’m late. Every clock in my house is set at a different time zone. Takes the slower members of society a bit more time to adjust to the time change.
On the issues of toy safety and the impossible new standards and deadlines recently imposed, on top of the current economic crisis, a voice of reason has spoken out. In a letter dated March 4, Representative John Dingell, Chairman Emeritus of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the author of the original 1972 Consumer Product Safety Act, sent a letter to the Consumer Product Safely Commission (which his bill founded in 1972) requesting that they reconsider the “unrealistic deadlines for rulemakings and compliance, as well as too little implementation discretion for the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)." This from the man who authored them into existence. Read the full letter here.
In the finest example of the Socratic method I have ever had the pleasure to read, he questions the ability of the CPSC to implement the act. He questions the realistic danger posed by the presence of phlalates in the front fender of a youth ATV, or the small amount of lead added to the steel frame of an off road dirt bike to prevent rusting.
He questions the CPSC as to whether they are aware of the tremendous economic hardship that sudden and retroactive implementation of these new rules will have on small companies.
He urges us to add our comments to his, to support his call for a reevaluation of the implementation of these new rules. I urge you to do just that. Please let your voice join his, and mine. Kudos to you Representative Dingell. Thank you for being a voice of reason that needed to be heard.
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