The Sale of Children's Books to be Banned

[believe09]

I totally see what you're saying believe. But I just hope they don't go over-board with it and make perfectly okay things unavailable for people who really need thrift shops to make it.

Thanks, hon-FWIW I suspect this will be handled like garage sales etc...you buy at your own risk and there will be disclaimer in the resale stores. I mean I still see hoodies for children with detachable drawstrings, and it has been years since that was "allowed" for the general public...

 

[tapu]

~snip~

We're already in a society where reading is not revered, where more and more kids would rather "wait for the movie." This screams Fahrenheit 451 to me.

Oh, yeah, I remember that! That was great movie!


(hee hee)

 

[Boyz_Mum]

FWIW, I think that this is not an over reaction, but I happen to believe that we have a few generations under our belt who have accumulated varying levels of heavy metals via touch, taste or plain ingestion with varying results and none of them positive. I will save that rant for another day.

When it comes to those who are the most vulnerable to poisoning however, common sense would dictate that we should err on the side of caution. While you and yours might not be genetically susceptible to disease or conditions caused by toxicity, there are many who are. A single touch of a toxic item may not affect you, but when you are being bombarded with lead in your toys, your books, your clothing, your drinking water, your food containers and your vaccines it adds up and it is not shed very easily.
JMO.

I agree with your thoughts here, thank you for sharing. I believe that caution is good for the reasons you've sighted here. I guess I just get to wondering, as far as books are concerned, how much overall danger they present versus the danger of the water bottles, lunch boxes, etc... on the market that haven't been banned.

In the US, wan't lead based paint taken from the markets? It seems like we in the US may have had a few years of reprieve from lead, until the influx of plastic goods (Happy Meal toys, etc...) around the 1980's?

The whole marketplace needs a thorough cleaning up- not just the libraries.

JMO.

 

[MeoW333]

What I do not get is.. why can't they correct the wording in the law.. it is just typical for them to say yes that sounds like a good idea but never make it clear.. They need to control the Cr-p that comes in from China that is it.. period... and I believe it needs to be worded anything printed after Feb 2009 blah blah blah..
Its kinda like those emails we have recieved.. how did we ever survive .. growing up without this & that you know what I mean. and further more while I am at it .. what about all the Sea going vessels dumping their garbage in the ocean and pollution run amoke there... all the seafood with mercury levels over the top.. FDA recommends that we do not eat fish more than once a week...

Amen to that! We need to ban imports from China, there's been way too many recalls on everything from toys to dog food coming from there.

 

[Steely Dan]

Amen to that! We need to ban imports from China, there's been way too many recalls on everything from toys to dog food coming from there.

We get what we pay for. Unfortunately a group of kids being paid BS wages in a shop is a lot cheaper even when the costs of shipping are included.

We're a Walmart society. Give us stuff at the cheapest price and don't make me think about where they come from. I have to admit I'm one of those people but if we were given videos the daily routines these people go through I think a lot of us would change our minds and buy other goods.

JMO.

 

[CASuzk]

They make a pen type device to test for lead. How hard can it be to make these available to thrift shops and for book sales?

 

[Linda7NJ]

I sincerely don't see books as a threat for high-level lead poisoning! How many kids have you heard or read about who have lead poisoning from chewing on a book? Books aren't playthings...do kids older than maybe two stick books in their mouths on a regular basis? The law says kids under 12...do 12 year olds sit around with books in their mouths, poisoning themselves?

This does not work for me. We're already in a society where reading is not revered, where more and more kids would rather "wait for the movie." This screams Fahrenheit 451 to me.

It's as simple as teaching your children not to put anything in their mouths but food and supervise babies. Oh yeah....and teach basic hygiene like hand washing.

Natural selection...book eaters and book lickers

 

[Steely Dan]

Snopes Article

This should clear up some of the questions surrounding this law. :thumb:

 

[Boyz_Mum]

Snopes Article

This should clear up some of the questions surrounding this law. :thumb:

Thanks for the link- I didn't even think to check Snopes! :blowkiss:

 

[mae]

Everyone should send in their opinions!
http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/ComponentPartsComments.pdf

1/30 is the deadline. Tell them what you think!

 

[Boyz_Mum]

Everyone should send in their opinions!
http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/ComponentPartsComments.pdf

1/30 is the deadline. Tell them what you think!

Thanks for the link, mae!