http://nancynord.net/2011/02/22/collateral-damage-spreading/ Commissioner Nancy Nord's open chat about CPSC efforts to protect consumers Thu, 16 May 2013 05:54:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://nancynord.net/2011/02/22/collateral-damage-spreading/#comment-421 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:30:14 +0000 http://nancynord.net/?p=485#comment-421 Here’s one to add to your collateral damage list. My mom is the president of the women’s auxiliary at her church, and she was talking about the aid they could give to a young mother who needed a crib for her new baby. In years past, my mom said, they would have referred her to the church’s thrift store and given her a voucher for a crib. But thanks to various regulations (not just CPSIA), the thrift store can no longer sell cribs, so whenever they receive donations of cribs they have to dispose of them. They can’t even give them away to young mothers in need because the liability is too high. So my mother was discussing trying to find a way to either get someone to donate the crib directly to the young mother, or find a way for them to afford a new crib for her with the church’s limited budget.

]]> http://nancynord.net/2011/02/22/collateral-damage-spreading/#comment-420 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:55:30 +0000 http://nancynord.net/?p=485#comment-420 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by themommyblawger, Arigo. Arigo said: @donnyaskin Take a look at this article, via @nancynord -Collateral Damage Spreading from #CPSIA regulations. http://bit.ly/gABnkk [...]

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