It's you or the dump for kids clothing and accessories by feb. when the new rules concerning the possibility of lead in childrens clothing goes into effect.

I have seen on here where the clothes are at 75% at some of the stores, and I fully understand the change of season mdse. but be careful of what you buy if the stuff has been sitting in the distributation centers because they couldn't sell them because of low grade or the possibilities of recalls.. I am wondering if this is also the cause of some selected toys going 75% off.

There's so many conflicting stories going around about this. I've heard that thrift stores are exempt if the clothing was manufactured before a certain date. I've heard they are totally exempt; then I've heard they won't carry childrens' clothing ever again. Garage sales are still okay too.

I heard that they were not going to do that. I heard it on the radio. Before you throw anything away wait to see and don't throw away. They can still be given away if not sold.

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Would someone explain to me the reasons for all this hoopla? Is a lead paint thing?

What will happen to selling clothes on Ebay or even garage sales?

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Here's a clarification from the CPSC:

On January 8, the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a clarification of the law (emphasis added):

The new law requires that domestic manufacturers and importers certify that children’s products made after February 10 meet all the new safety standards and the lead ban. Sellers of used children’s products, such as thrift stores and consignment stores, are not required to certify that those products meet the new lead limits, phthalates standard or new toy standards.

The new safety law does not require resellers to test children’s products in inventory for compliance with the lead limit before they are sold. However, resellers cannot sell children’s products that exceed the lead limit and therefore should avoid products that are likely to have lead content, unless they have testing or other information to indicate the products being sold have less than the new limit. Those resellers that do sell products in violation of the new limits could face civil and/or criminal penalties.

What does this mean?

Used children’s clothing will still be available at Goodwill and other places. These stores can continue to sell the clothing even without lead and phthalate testing. This would also apply to people who resell used children’s clothes on eBay and so on.

However, items that do not meet the new standards for lead and phthalate content are still banned. Even though you can re-sell used children’s items without testing, that does not mean that you can legally sell items with too much lead and phthalate content. If you’re selling them, you may be fined.

What’s the solution? Simply avoid reselling items that may have high lead or phthalate content. Most clothes should be fine, but you may want to be careful about reselling toys. The CPSC offers a bit of guidance in that press release:

While CPSC expects every company to comply fully with the new laws resellers should pay special attention to certain product categories. Among these are recalled children’s products, particularly cribs and play yards; children’s products that may contain lead, such as children’s jewelry and painted wooden or metal toys; flimsily made toys that are easily breakable into small parts; toys that lack the required age warnings; and dolls and stuffed toys that have buttons, eyes, noses or other small parts that are not securely fastened and could present a choking hazard for young children.

remember when the only thing you had to be concerned about containing lead was paint!?

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