I've been considering selling vintage stuff on Etsy, and I probably will soon. I hve a daughter who crafts beautifully and I've been trying to talk her into selling on Etsy.
But I came here because it was the only place I could find info on CPSIA- and I loathe that sort of government overkill that it represents (and I do sell used books from time to time over the internet, and couldn't believe it when I read that books were also covered).
Friller, I am so very sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but there is a serious difference between a LAW that has already been passed by Congress and signed by the President and a mere regulation. New Presidents CANNOT simply 'cancel' laws that Congress has voted on and the previous President signed. That is so illegal, so NOT ever done in the history of the country, that I cannot even express how mindbogglingly wrong that is. It would simply shred the Constitution into toilet paper.
Presidents can only veto laws that Congress submits to them or sign them. They ****cannot**** simply sign a piece of paper and declare canceled any previous laws that Congress already passed and other Presidents already signed.
This is basic civics. Wishful thinking is not a helpful substitute for reading the Constitution and understanding the three separate branches of Government and why the President can't undo previous laws.
This has already been discussed here, and as others have shared, Jennifer Taggert, who IS a lawyer who specializes in environmental issues and does testing at reasonable prices. She's The Smart Mama
http://www.thesmartmama.com/bg/Here's what she says:
CPSIA FAQ #3 - Does Pres. Obama's "Rule" Feeze Delay the CPSIA?
Thursday, 22 January 2009
The most popular question in the last 24 hours or so has been whether Pres. Obama's "regulation" freeze affects the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). Specifically, everybody wants to know if the rule freeze means that the 2/10/09 lead content limit and phthalate ban is delayed.
CPSIA FAQ #3: Does Pres. Obama's Rule Freeze Delay the CPSIA?
No. The "rule" freeze is a freeze on regulations, not the law itself. The lead content limit and phthalate ban are in the text of the law itself - and remain unaffected by the regulatory freeze. In fact, the regulatory freeze in this context is actually detrimental since the exemptions for natural products and lead in electronics are in the regulatory pipeline. So, those are delayed by Pres. Obama's order.
So the answer is you still have to meet the lead content limits for children's products on February 10, 2009, and you still have to address the phthalate bans for toys and child care articles for items manuafctured after 2/10/09.
