My Michelle Clothing Recalled For CPSIA Lead Content Violation

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced yesterday a voluntary recall of certain girl’s clothing for violation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act’s (CPSIA) lead content standard. The clothing items were distributed under the name My Michelle and sold at Dillard’s, Burlington Coat Factory, Kohl’s and others. The decorative trim and attached necklaces on [...]

CPSIA Costs Not Justified If Helping Our Kids Is The Goal

Amend the CPSIA? Stop funding for the database? Hell yes. Now, that may surprise you given my obvious desire to make this world a little bit safer for our kids. But, I think the  Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) needs quite a bit of fixing. In fact, if I had my choice, I would [...]

Getting Ready for the CPSIA’s GCC Requirement for Flammability for Clothing Textiles

If you manufacture or import adult clothing, you may not be following the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act’s (CPSIA) developments closely. Since it is mostly considered a law that impacts children’s products, it seems that those who manufacture or import products for adults think it is not relevant. But you would be wrong. And you may not know [...]

The Smart Mama Gets Her Gun on Good Day LA

Okay, so here I am on Good Day LA talking about lead, cadmium and other safety concerns when it comes to toys. I thought I had done so well, but watching the clip, I realized I misspoke a couple of times. It was 3,800 ppm not 38,000 ppm the Niton XRF was detecting – 3,800 [...]

AIHA Responds to USA Today Article

So, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) has written a letter to the editor in response to the USA Today article featuring me and other bloggers. When I got the Google alert with my name, and the brief summary, my heart started pounding. I was thinking what the heck could the AIHA say about me [...]

The Story of Cosmetics and the Dangers of “Scare” Legislation

If you read this blog, you’ll know that the beauty product industry and misleading claims of natural or earth-friendly really annoys me. So, I was excited when I learned that The Story of Stuff Project, in conjunction with the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, was releasing a new video – The Story of Cosmetics. (And, in the interest [...]

Disney Princess Pants from Macy’s Have Lead in Belt Buckle – CPSIA Fail?

Disney Princess pants purchased at Macy’s appear to have a belt buckle that fail the CPSIA limits for lead.

CPSC Chair Warns Parents – Take Cheap Metal Jewelry Away From Kids

CPSC chair issues warning to parents – do not let your kids play with cheap metal jewelry.

TheSmartMama Investigates – Found Cadmium Jewelry at Target

After the Associated Press released the results of its investigation evaluating toxic cadmium in children’s jewelry on Sunday as a substitute for lead, I posted that using cadmium in jewelry pre-dated the lead content limits of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), but that I had seen an upswing in cadmium in jewelry and [...]

Toxic cadmium found in children’s jewelry

Toxic metal cadmium found in children’s jewelry according to AP investigation.

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