January 29th, 2009 | 
Author: January 28, 2009 – The National Association of Manufacturers sent a letter to the CPSC requesting an emergency stay of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (H.R. 4040). Their concerns are warranted as the CPSC has yet to address the many concerns brought forth by manufacturers, businesses, schools, crafters and work-at-home moms.
"Considering the breadth of potentially affected types of children’s products – shoes, apparel, bedding, jewelry and accessories, books, educational materials, electronics, luggage, toys, housewares, sports equipment, bicycles, recreational vehicles and home furnishings – clearly developed final regulations are first necessary to enable compliance determinations and effective enforcement. Otherwise tens of thousands of businesses and hundreds of thousands of employees could be adversely impacted. This position is consistent with recent correspondence from Members of Congress to the CPSC indicating that they did not intend such consequences from a chaotic implementation of the CPSIA. This developing situation in which products which may ultimately be determined to be in full compliance with the lead content requirements are nonetheless pulled from shelves and in some instances even destroyed in the middle of the worst economic environment for businesses and consumers in decades clearly does not serve consumer safety, the welfare of the public at large, or market stability."
Submitted on behalf of NAM and many, many other concerned associations.
Full letter can be viewed here
