Philly rosary maker and retailer Laina Yeisley tries to make sense of the recent “stay” of enforcement by the Consumer Product Safety Commission concerning lead testing as dictated in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act 2008 which goes into effect February 10, 2009. Despite the one year stay of non-enforcement and suspension of the requirement [...]

Hundreds of workers from the childrens garment industry in New York protested the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act which will go into effect February 10, 2009. Spokesman Cory Silverstein of Kids Headquarters said the consequences of the CPSIA will be grave. Despite the one year stay of enforcement for lead testing and certificates of content [...]