January 28th, 2009 | 
Author: Latest commentary about the CPSIA by Paul H Rubin of Forbes.com gives insight as to how such a devestating law could have passed.
"How could a law with such harmful unintended consequences have been passed? Based on my experience as chief economist of the CPSC in the 1980s, I can provide some insight about the safety regulation process. The agency has an internal process for identifying risky products. It involves epidemiologists and economists, as well as information from a national sample of hospitals that report injuries. Thus, there are formal procedures for identifying the most pressing risks posed by products people buy and use.
Periodically, however, some hazard becomes the subject of a news report and, subsequently, the subject of mass hysteria. In the office, we called these "headline hazards." When a hazard becomes a hot news story, all analysis is ignored and frantic efforts are made to correct the hazard. Clearly that’s what happened here."
I couldn’t agree with him more. Read Entire Article Here
Thank you so much for helping to spread the word about this poorly written law. It affects us all. Here’s hoping it’s amended soon to minimize the damage being done.