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Wood is determined to contain lead
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:08 pm
by charlese
This news release came out yesterday.
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09120.html Wood, cotton, wool and more are found to not contain lead. Duh!
My Wife's embroidery forum found this and she sent it to me.
We had already heard on T.V. that enforcement has been postponed for one year.
Here's to wooden toy building!
Wood has been found to not contain Lead
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:11 pm
by charlese
Here's to wooden toy building!
This news release came out yesterday.
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09120.html Wood, cotton, wool and more are found to not contain lead. Duh! - - - Library books too!
My Wife's embroidery forum found this and she sent it to me.
We had already heard on T.V. that enforcement has been postponed for one year.
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:30 pm
by JPG
Methinks this LEAD/MERCURY hysteria is grossly over done!
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:39 pm
by baysidebob
jpg40504 wrote:Methinks this LEAD/MERCURY hysteria is grossly over done!
I have a small bottle of Mercury in my desk drawer at work. Every once in awhile I pull it out and just swirl it around. So far I have not developed a third eye nor have any of my extremities fell off. Maybe I am just lucky. As a kid it seems there was alway a small amount of Mercury around that we used to make pennies it shiney dimes, or so we thought.
Don't think it ever really affected me. I probably should also state there was a Mercury mine about 2 miles from home.
Bayside Bob, Calif.
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:58 pm
by charlese
jpg40504 wrote:Methinks this LEAD/MERCURY hysteria is grossly over done!
I think we all agree - however if you were in the business of making and selling wooden toys, and the Feds threaten you with having to have all of your products tested (at your cost). The over done part of the hysteria quickly disappears.
Our concern on this forum (reading the posts herein) was not caused by the fear of the deleterious properties of lead, mercury or any other element or substance. Our major concern was that those of us that make toys, could no longer sell or give them to children without a looming threat from the Federal Gov't that we could either be fined or made to test our products at a substantial cost.
It appears that this threat has now (as of yesterday) subsided. We are still not immune to inquiries on paint.
Here again, is the link to yesterday's news release from the Feds:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09120.html
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:26 pm
by beeg
jpg40504 wrote:Methinks this LEAD/MERCURY hysteria is grossly over done!
You don't remember the kids toy recall in Aug 2007? Painted in China with leaded paint.
bUILDING SAFE TOOLS?
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:06 pm
by dusty
Are any of US considered "MANUFACTURERS"?
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:32 pm
by JPG
We have a solution!!!! Make it out of WOOD, but DO NOT test it! But beware if you DO test it and it is 'dangerous' you are liable!
GEEZ What mental dwarf would test anything thus 'exempted'?
Anybody know if MIN-WAX is 'possibly dangerous"???
Wonder if rosewood is exempted?:D
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:33 pm
by JPG
dusty wrote:Are any of else considered "MANUFACTURERS"?
Say What???
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:09 pm
by dusty
jpg40504 wrote:Say What???
I said - "Are any of us considered MANUFACTURERS"?
It seems that we probably are:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manufacture
