If in any way you use or buy or sell kids' clothes, read this! Or if you care about the environment, you will want to read this!
A trusted friend checked this out, so I believe it to be true. Unbelievable! I'd say 95% or more of the clothes my kids wear are second hand. Please take the time to read this & sign the petition. Thanks!!
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) as signed into law willmake it illegal for parents to resell or even give away their even gentlyused children's clothing come February 10th, 2009. The broad scope of the complicated law, and it’s interpretation by CPSC haseffectively made it illegal for parents to resell their children’s clothingand gear at a garage sale, on eBay, Craig’s List, through consignment storesor annual children’s consignment sales. If donated to a nonprofit likeGoodwill or Salvation Army,[JAARS boutique?] those organizations can’t legally resell it, asof February 10th. Hand-me-down clothing for kid’s age 12 andunder will be illegal to resell. It will be a banned hazardous product. Thefines of $100,000, potential jail time and label as a felon for violationsare stiff. Please sign the petition and contact your members of congress to keep usedchildren's clothing legal: http://www.rallycongress.com/make-second-hand-kids-clothes-legal-/
Blessings,
Melinda =0)
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2 comments:
i have signed the petition and will be contacting my representatives. there was a clarification made yesterday by the CPSC. resale and thrift stores are not under this ban-they will be able to continue their work.
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09086.html
I signed it!
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