CPSIA
I recently learned about this not-entirely-new-but-entirely-too-broad law…
I have no plan to make much political talk here. Still, I couldn’t in good conscience not mention this, especially as I have considered making dolls for children and I do make jewelry, though it’s not designed to be for children under 12.
Anyhow, yes, I have heard it enough that “you can’t believe everything you read on the Internet” and how this could all be an over-reaction, but…all things considered…it doesn’t really matter what I personally think. It’s what might happen and what has happened. It doesn’t take much work to find instances of people suing and winning over the most insane little thing, and this law is “FOR THE CHILDREN!”
Here’s a good link for information about it: Overlawyered’s CPSIA coverage.
I find it more than a little frightening that there is a law on record that is resulting in the closing down of thrift stores, hand-made clothes and toy makers’ shops, and the mass-destruction of children’s books printed before 1985.
