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How does the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act affect second hand markets?

12 months ago - 1 answers

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From Garage sales, to Ebay, Craig's List and consignment stores - the ruling makes this new lead requirement retroactive. This means that a product that was produced several months ago, and which is safe and legally compliant today, will not be able to be sold on February 10. It means we are being held responsible for a standard that didn’t even exist when those goods were made. This requirement WILL make second-hand items unavailable for a very long time because the requirement will continue to change 2 more times until the lead levels reach 100 ppm by August 11, 2011. You can contact your Senator and House Rep and tell them how this will affect you.

by GetMeTheBigKnife

11 months ago

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