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Issues of safety
April 15, 2009 by Cecilia
Filed under In the News
Issues of safety
Issues of safety
In “Safety dodge” (Editorial, April 4), the Tribune again falls into line with supporting the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act without understanding what is actually in the law. The attacks on Consumer Product Safety Commission Acting Chairman Nancy Nord distract from the real issue—the law itself.
In every one of the 23 votes on CPSIA-related implementation matters, the vote was 2-0. The other CPSC commissioner, Thomas Moore, a Democrat, voted with Nord on every decision.
I am at a loss to understand how a third vote will change these outcomes.
In addition, when Nord announced her own stay of enforcement on all-terrain vehicles, she was immediately upbraided by Moore for announcing this action unilaterally.
If this is the exercise of CPSC authority envisioned by congressional leaders, we should all run for the hills.
Fundamentally the confusion and economic damage wrought by this law is not the CPSC’s fault; the blame rests with Congress for passing a misconceived law that turns safety administration from risk assessment to precautionary, arbitrary standards that are oblivious to real issues of safety. If we must hire scientists to determine whether youth-model ATVs, bicycles, pens or library books present a lead hazard for kids, something has gone very wrong with American common sense. It’s time for our leaders to act responsibly—and admit their error in passing this terrible law.
—Richard Woldenberg, chairman, Learning Resources Inc., Vernon Hills
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