http://nationalbankruptcyday.com/archive/tomorrow%e2%80%99s-lead-regulation-deadline-will-ruin-small-businesses/ activist site Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:04:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://nationalbankruptcyday.com/archive/tomorrow%e2%80%99s-lead-regulation-deadline-will-ruin-small-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-426 SD Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:35:25 +0000 http://nationalbankruptcyday.com/?p=149#comment-426 "Great" guidance (if you can call a rough draft not even approved by the agency itself guidance) from CSPC this morning for small retailers. My favorite is the phthalates Q.16. After all this advice on testing for Lead, it basically states that there is no reliable way to screen for phthalates, but the limits still apply. Combine this with the fact that small manufacturers are not required to put out the Certificates of compliance yet, the advice as to not sell anything that you don't "know" is safe is ridiculous. (No reliable test, no certificate of compliance, how exactly am I going to defend myself to the AG that I'm some omniscient being that "knew" they were O.K.) “Great” guidance (if you can call a rough draft not even approved by the agency itself guidance) from CSPC this morning for small retailers. My favorite is the phthalates Q.16. After all this advice on testing for Lead, it basically states that there is no reliable way to screen for phthalates, but the limits still apply. Combine this with the fact that small manufacturers are not required to put out the Certificates of compliance yet, the advice as to not sell anything that you don’t “know” is safe is ridiculous. (No reliable test, no certificate of compliance, how exactly am I going to defend myself to the AG that I’m some omniscient being that “knew” they were O.K.)

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