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Dear Shoppers & Consignors,
Congress passed a new law on Aug. 14, 2008 stating that as of Feb. 10,
2009 it will be illegal to sell any items used for children age 12 and
younger if they contain more than 600 parts per million (ppm) total lead.
The problem with this law? All of YOUR perfectly safe items will be ILLEGAL
to sell if YOU cannot PROVE they meet the new requirements. Think this
law should be amended?
This is what YOU can do:
YOU need to contact the following 3 people and let them know that you
are calling about the CPSIA Law. Tell them that in theory this new law is a
good idea, but that they did not take into consideration the consequences
it will have on the rest of us in these already financially trying times. Tell
them whether you are a shopper or a consignor. Tell them how this law
will affect you personally if you could no longer buy used items. Be
passionate and persistent. Tell them that this law MUST BE AMENDED by
NOT making the new lead requirement RETROACTIVE, and also that the
CPSIA simply forgot to exclude the class of American made toys and other
hand-crafted items that have earned and kept the public's trust. The
result, unless the law is modified, these items will no longer be legal in the
US.
(The current ruling makes this new lead requirement retroactive. This means that
a product that was produced several months ago, and which is safe and legally
compliant today, will not be able to be sold on February 10. It means we are
being held responsible for a standard that didn’t even exist when those goods were
made. This requirement WILL make second-hand items unavailable for a very long
time because the requirement will continue to change 2 more times until the lead
levels reach 100 ppm by August 11, 2011.)
1. FL US Senator Mel Martinez (R) - United States Senate
356 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Main: (202) 224-3041
Fax: (202) 228-5171
Email
2. FL US Senator Bill Nelson (D) - Washington, D.C. Office:
716 Hart Senate Office Building,
District of Columbia 20510-0905
Phone: (202) 224-5274
Fax: (202) 228-2183
Email
3. Your Representative (Be sure it‘s yours)-
New Port Richey Area (9th District)
Gus Bilirakis (R) - Washington DC Office
1124 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
ph: 202-225-5755
fx: 202-225-4085
Email
To find your representative go to www.house.gov and www.senate.gov .
Feb. 10th is right around the corner. We must act NOW.
Thank you for your action on this matter and PLEASE spread the word!
Every voter in your household can call!
LET’S BE HEARD!
For further information please see www.duckduckgooseconsignment.com
Congress passed a new law on Aug. 14, 2008 stating that as of Feb. 10,
2009 it will be illegal to sell any items used for children age 12 and
younger if they contain more than 600 parts per million (ppm) total lead.
The problem with this law? All of YOUR perfectly safe items will be ILLEGAL
to sell if YOU cannot PROVE they meet the new requirements. Think this
law should be amended?
This is what YOU can do:
YOU need to contact the following 3 people and let them know that you
are calling about the CPSIA Law. Tell them that in theory this new law is a
good idea, but that they did not take into consideration the consequences
it will have on the rest of us in these already financially trying times. Tell
them whether you are a shopper or a consignor. Tell them how this law
will affect you personally if you could no longer buy used items. Be
passionate and persistent. Tell them that this law MUST BE AMENDED by
NOT making the new lead requirement RETROACTIVE, and also that the
CPSIA simply forgot to exclude the class of American made toys and other
hand-crafted items that have earned and kept the public's trust. The
result, unless the law is modified, these items will no longer be legal in the
US.
(The current ruling makes this new lead requirement retroactive. This means that
a product that was produced several months ago, and which is safe and legally
compliant today, will not be able to be sold on February 10. It means we are
being held responsible for a standard that didn’t even exist when those goods were
made. This requirement WILL make second-hand items unavailable for a very long
time because the requirement will continue to change 2 more times until the lead
levels reach 100 ppm by August 11, 2011.)
1. FL US Senator Mel Martinez (R) - United States Senate
356 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Main: (202) 224-3041
Fax: (202) 228-5171
2. FL US Senator Bill Nelson (D) - Washington, D.C. Office:
716 Hart Senate Office Building,
District of Columbia 20510-0905
Phone: (202) 224-5274
Fax: (202) 228-2183
3. Your Representative (Be sure it‘s yours)-
New Port Richey Area (9th District)
Gus Bilirakis (R) - Washington DC Office
1124 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
ph: 202-225-5755
fx: 202-225-4085
To find your representative go to www.house.gov and www.senate.gov .
Feb. 10th is right around the corner. We must act NOW.
Thank you for your action on this matter and PLEASE spread the word!
Every voter in your household can call!
LET’S BE HEARD!
For further information please see www.duckduckgooseconsignment.com
What You Can Do
| Fax, Email, Call or Snail Mail ~or~ Do All 4! Everyday! There IS power in numbers! |
If you send an email, send all of these people a carbon copy, too.
Just cut and paste!
cfalvey@cpsc.gov
nnord@cpsc.gov
jmartyak@cpsc.gov
MToro@cpsc.gov
tmoore@cpsc.gov
pweller@cpsc.gov
mgougisha@cpsc.gov
Christopher_day@billnelson.senate.gov
Just cut and paste!
cfalvey@cpsc.gov
nnord@cpsc.gov
jmartyak@cpsc.gov
MToro@cpsc.gov
tmoore@cpsc.gov
pweller@cpsc.gov
mgougisha@cpsc.gov
Christopher_day@billnelson.senate.gov