Take action if you don't want your kids banned from libraries!

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You may have seen reference to the CPSIA legislation as it applies to children's toys and handmade items, but did you know that as currently written, it also applies to children's books?

Unless the law is changed, effective in mid-February, either children's books will have to be pulled from the shelves of school and public libraries OR children under 12 will be banned from libraries.

Think I'm kidding? See this press release from the American Library Association for more information.

I just finished contacting the CPSC and my representative and Senator. (Yes, I'm from Minnesota, and we currently have only one Senator.) I also alerted my family and friends to this situation.

What are you going to do to be sure your kids can continue to enjoy libraries?

Tags: children, cpsia, kids, libraries

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Permalink Reply by Tam on February 8, 2009 at 11:54am: I'll work on this as well. This is crazy...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by minnemom on February 8, 2009 at 2:14pm: Shari, you were really on top of things--sorry I missed your blog post!

Linda

Shari said:
How funny - I posted a blog on this a few weeks back (http://www.twittermoms.com/profiles/blogs/by-helping-our-public). Guess I don't have enough followers to make a blip on the blogosphere :-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by MindfulMama on February 9, 2009 at 11:40am: My son's stepmom is a librarian, she said this is the most recent documentation for libraries:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6633929.html; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tara S. Dickherber, M.Ed, CPC on February 10, 2009 at 9:36am: Not cool! I love our library...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Denise on February 14, 2009 at 10:07am: this is getting slightly overboard....banning children from libraries? Pulling books down? This is silly....How long have libraries been around? And I am pretty sure haven't read any articles about how someone got sick from a library book. If they do this, they might as well pull books out of stores too....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Janet Littlecrow on February 15, 2009 at 9:55am: Denise said:
this is getting slightly overboard....banning children from libraries? Pulling books down? This is silly....How long have libraries been around? And I am pretty sure haven't read any articles about how someone got sick from a library book. If they do this, they might as well pull books out of stores too....

They DID have to be pulled from stores on Feb 9, unless the owners still don't know about the law. In that case, they're committing a federal felony. That's why EVERYONE needs to contact their US Senators and Representatives to amend this law to be reasonable. There are devastating unintended consequences of this law. Go to YouTube, search for CPSIA and watch some of the videos. There are three new ones this week that I know of, one is a protest in the NYC garment district, where 1/4 to 1/2 of all garment district workers are expected to lose their jobs as companies shut down their kids clothing lines. That's happening all over the country, businesses closing their doors, designers getting out of kids clothing lines because testing will be too expensive as the law is written. The "stay" of testing is only on some products and is only temporary.; ▶ Reply to This