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nmissi, I've been made aware of the craziness that's been going on due to CIPSA. CIPSA is the law that was passed a little while ago, stating that lead paint is bad for kids and all products with lead paint are EVOL. Which, true. To an extent. Want to know what falls under this category of EVOLNESS? Books. Basically, any books made before the mid-1980s are full of lead which will kill your children on contact. So all of the books we loved as children are now essentially illegal. Sure, we can keep them in our own homes. But if we want a copy of a book we loved as a child, and it hasn't been reprinted? We can't buy them from a used book store, a thrift store, or a book collector because these merchants could be faced with civil/criminal penalties if they're caught. (According to the law, resellers don't have to test the lead in their used merchandise, but they can't sell stuff that they think may have it, unless they have the capability to test for lead in their used merchandise. Catch 22, anyone?) But hey, what all does this really matter when children's books are only good for 20 years, anyway? At least the ALA is fighting to make books exempt from this law.
Now there's a new thing going on called the Food Safety Modernization Act, which looks good on paper. Anyone who sells food needs to be regulated to show that their goods are safe and whatnot. But, like CIPSA, this has the potential to spiral out of control. Check out this post for info. Sure, the post is a hotheaded, but it has a point. Under the vague guidelines of the FSMA, anything from bake sales to farmers' markets will be risking illegality by operating. Old books are EVOL now, folks, those tomatoes and homemade breads may be next. I'm just getting the word out.
In much happier news, my friend (and my sister's BFF)jennlavigne is once again participating in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. She and her team are currently accepting donations to walk for 15 hours around a high school track to raise money for the ACS. Jenn and her team write the names of friends and family who both died from and survived cancer. Should you donate to her relay team, she'll add any name you request as well. Jenn's team can be found here. It's Jenn's fifth year doing the Relay for Life, so if you can help her out I'm sure she (and the ACS) would appreciate it).
nmissi, I've been made aware of the craziness that's been going on due to CIPSA. CIPSA is the law that was passed a little while ago, stating that lead paint is bad for kids and all products with lead paint are EVOL. Which, true. To an extent. Want to know what falls under this category of EVOLNESS? Books. Basically, any books made before the mid-1980s are full of lead which will kill your children on contact. So all of the books we loved as children are now essentially illegal. Sure, we can keep them in our own homes. But if we want a copy of a book we loved as a child, and it hasn't been reprinted? We can't buy them from a used book store, a thrift store, or a book collector because these merchants could be faced with civil/criminal penalties if they're caught. (According to the law, resellers don't have to test the lead in their used merchandise, but they can't sell stuff that they think may have it, unless they have the capability to test for lead in their used merchandise. Catch 22, anyone?) But hey, what all does this really matter when children's books are only good for 20 years, anyway? At least the ALA is fighting to make books exempt from this law.Now there's a new thing going on called the Food Safety Modernization Act, which looks good on paper. Anyone who sells food needs to be regulated to show that their goods are safe and whatnot. But, like CIPSA, this has the potential to spiral out of control. Check out this post for info. Sure, the post is a hotheaded, but it has a point. Under the vague guidelines of the FSMA, anything from bake sales to farmers' markets will be risking illegality by operating. Old books are EVOL now, folks, those tomatoes and homemade breads may be next. I'm just getting the word out.
In much happier news, my friend (and my sister's BFF)
jennlavigne is once again participating in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. She and her team are currently accepting donations to walk for 15 hours around a high school track to raise money for the ACS. Jenn and her team write the names of friends and family who both died from and survived cancer. Should you donate to her relay team, she'll add any name you request as well. Jenn's team can be found here. It's Jenn's fifth year doing the Relay for Life, so if you can help her out I'm sure she (and the ACS) would appreciate it).