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The Children's Wear Coalition warns that tomorrow's February 10 deadline to comply with the new lead-testing law is going to cost 5,000 lost jobs in New York City alone. Is the CPSIA lead-test law the final death-knell for the ailing US garment industry?
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Starting on February 10, 2009, products for children 12 and under cannot have more than 600 parts per million of lead or 0.1% of phtalates in any child-accessible part. These are the key rules of the US Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA).
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After millions of local homecrafters and handmade toy manufacturers were granted a one-year stay from the Consumer Protection Safety Improvement Act on January 30, a new relief Bill is now heading for the Senate to save US handcrafters from bankruptcy.
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Homecrafters and handmade toy manufacturers are heading for Capitol Hill on January 14 to attend the Open Forum of the House Small Business Committee this Wednesday, and object to the new Consumer Product Safety Act for lead-tests of all child-products.
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The Feb 10 2009 deadline for millions of American homecrafters requiring expensive testing of their products, is approaching fast. Child-products without certificates proving they have no lead content, will have to be scrapped; export products included.
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A Quincy, Massachusetts woman who runs a micro-business from her home, warns that a new US law requiring costly testing for lead in children's products and toys ' is going to turn millions of home-crafters into criminals'.
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ABC News’ Mark Greenblatt reports: The Food and Drug Administration will launch a safety investigation of a new product that allows consumers to inhale caffeine through a lipstick-sized portable device, rather than drinking it. AeroShot delivers 100 milligrams of caffeine per use, and comes in...
Certain Viking Range dishwashers are a fire hazard. Some Office Depot Brand desk chairs can collapse when you go to sit in them. Todson's Topeak Babyseat II can amputate childrens' fingertips. What do these problem products have to do with each other? The Consumer Product Safety Commission --in cooperation with the companies-- has recalled all three just since the beginning of April.
 Just in time for summer, product safety officers with Health Canada are warning second-hand store owners and garage salers about safety regulations.
 The public is being warned not to consume certain ground beef products which bear the establishment number 761 because they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
US factory production rose 0.3% in February, the third monthly increase in a row, while rising petrol costs pushed up consumer prices.
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