I just viewed a clip this evening and hit Google to find out more...
Congress recently passed a law to protect children under the age of 12 against lead poisoning. The law was meant to protect against toys poisoned with lead, or lead based paint. The law is actually very broadly written and also covers clothing... all clothing...
There is also very little guidance about the new law... basically... resale shops have to test every article to prevent against lead content... how will that work if testing costs more than the sale price of the garment?
Why not certify certain manufacturing countries, i.e., manufactured in the US under strict anti-lead laws already in place?? How about certifying suppliers and manufacturers, or brands?
But this is broad and across the board. We all have until 2/10/09 to dump our inventories.. and to protect your business... don't accept any more items for kids under 12 years of age.
But that will crush many of us resellers... and what about the families that depend on resale and hand-me-downs to survive?
Especially in this tough time..!!!???!!!
I have lots of new moms who rely on us to keep their kids clothed on very fixed incomes.
We need more specifics on this bill. We need a repeal/amendment to the law or people on both the supply and demand side will suffer...