Originally posted by drock905
What idiot politican is responsible for this and who do we contact to stop this?

I'm going to write a letter the big cable news personalities, maybe they will cover this on their shows.


This needs to end.

ya make sure you do everything in your power to keep poison on kids and keep them sick

good work there man

Originally posted by muzzleflash
its the Govts job to keep the public safe,

Ah-huh.

I think that your reply above speaks for itself.

There's probably pages that I could type in response, but it's not worth it. Seriously, it's just not worth it.

You have a nice time believing that the government is going to keep you safe. Make sure that all of your clothes fit you properly, or is it also the governments job to measure you and place the order?

I couldn't believe it when I read the article, this confirms my fears that we are slipping into a controlled state.

IMO The real reason for this is another arm of their 'control' We all talk on this site about NWO and government control e.t.c but its not until you hear things like this, suddenly you pay attention. I can't believe people still defend the 'powers that be' WAKE UP!

Quick poll how many people have actually been poisoned by their clothes?

Originally posted by greeneyedleo
Wow! I donate most of my daughter's (outgrown) clothing to charities and others I consign to 2nd hand stores. And all her clothing is name brand and many things still have tags on them!! So, I now have to throw them out??? Guess I can ebay them. But still This sickens me!!

And how on earth are these charties going to get clothing for those who need them?

Uggg!! This just really has gotten to me.

In fact, I have an appt for this Saturday at a 2nd hand store to give them some of these clothes!!


This is the store I consign her clothing to:

"We will have to lock our doors and file for bankruptcy," said Shauna Sloan, founder of Salt Lake City-based franchise Kid to Kid, which sells used children's clothing in 75 stores across the country and had planned to open a store in Santa Clara, Calif., this year.

[edit on 1/7/2009 by greeneyedleo]

Besides Ebay might use craigslist, and for stuff you just want to
give away try freecycle.

I'm a tad surprised some crafty lawyer out there hasn't picked up on the notion that since the government says clothing can't be resold because it may contain toxins hasn't started a class action lawsuit against the original retailers and manufacturers of these supposed killerclothes because they've endangered the lives of millions of people importing toxic materials then selling these toxic materials to people.

The arguement would be made that since the government considers it a 'danger', it certainly must be true and would stand up in a court of law . . . or the damn law would be tossed.

I'm guessing the latter.

Gotta love the stupidity of governments who feel we're all too stupid to save ourselves from ourselves when in reality we need to be saved from their stupidity.

Sheesh.

This is another political move to payback the trillions of borrowed dollars from countries like China and India.

More manufaturing for their countries, for their workers and economies.

Greed.

The stimulus package was just the beginning. The monies were targeted at the middle class and lower, to have them go and stock up on walmart goods all made in China.

Nice way to force the lower income bracket to shop wal mart. Sometimes I wonder if there will come a day when everyone is forced to go to wal-mart for all of their goods.

You know realistically, this law is good, its saying that all products sold in the u.s. must be tested. This means that all products imported must be tested. This will raise the cost of the products to equal what it costs to produce them here in the u.s. anyway. As a result, this will bring some of the textile industry back to the u.s.

I do think though, that there should be a appendage added to the law, that states that ALL manufacturers must certify that there products are clean and safe, going back to 1990. In this event, if they can't certify, then they must issue a recall, and pay market price for the products.

Its not the resellers responsiblity to make sure the products are safe, its the manufacturers, and if there not, thats there fault for not doing it in the first place.

Yes this will make items sold overseas more expensive, but manufacturers here in the u.s. have already been adhearing to our laws, and they can produce these items for almost the same cost.

I like the law, I just think it needs tweeked a little bit. One thing to keep in mind, is that the majority of products sold at thrift stores and garage sales, etc, are name brand. this means there was a manufacturering process in place to produce these items, there are originals around somewhere for the manufacturers, and if not they can find the product somewhere to test it.

Cheers,

Camain

This may seem slightly off topic, but for years I have bought used clothing for my children and myself here in Canada.
However, the prices of such items have shot up so dramatically, that Iam rarely saving much at all, and usually DO wind up shopping at Walmart anyways.
Apparently, they are trying to force us to retail shop in more ways than one.