The end of selling used clothing for kids by Feb 10

Soulmate7 · 01-07-2009, 07:11 AM

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Barring a reprieve, regulations set to take effect next month could force thousands of clothing retailers and thrift stores to throw away trunkloads of children's clothing.

The law, aimed at keeping lead-filled merchandise away from children, mandates that all products sold for those age 12 and younger -- including clothing -- be tested for lead and phthalates, which are chemicals used to make plastics more pliable. Those that haven't been tested will be considered hazardous, regardless of whether they actually contain lead.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...,2083247.story

Josefine · 01-07-2009, 10:00 AM

The biting irony is that used clothing is more likely to have these harmful chemical washed out than new clothing, fresh from the factories and the chemical vats with the poison-laced solutions. It can hardly be for the protection of our children, so, let us see how the logic goes...

Egg · 01-07-2009, 10:46 AM

The irony is that the FDA has said that mercury is OK to be eaten.

However, this is the tip toe step to making sure all clothing is controlled by the elite in order to make the masses dance to their tune.

My advice? always look beyond the news to whom will benefit from this law, even in the long term.

Think about it - if they control the food, clothes and medications, what is left to 'fight' over? oh and I have to laugh because they are 'concerned' over chemicals - very rich indeed from the people who gave us GMO food, GMO Medicines and such like.

01-07-2009, 10:00 AM	#2
Josefine Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 229	Re: The end of selling used clothing for kids by Feb 10 The biting irony is that used clothing is more likely to have these harmful chemical washed out than new clothing, fresh from the factories and the chemical vats with the poison-laced solutions. It can hardly be for the protection of our children, so, let us see how the logic goes...

01-07-2009, 10:46 AM	#3
Egg Banned Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 727	Re: The end of selling used clothing for kids by Feb 10 The irony is that the FDA has said that mercury is OK to be eaten. However, this is the tip toe step to making sure all clothing is controlled by the elite in order to make the masses dance to their tune. My advice? always look beyond the news to whom will benefit from this law, even in the long term. Think about it - if they control the food, clothes and medications, what is left to 'fight' over? oh and I have to laugh because they are 'concerned' over chemicals - very rich indeed from the people who gave us GMO food, GMO Medicines and such like.