Today CPSC Voted to Ban Magnets. Thoughts.

Posted by on Sep 24, 2014 in Press Releases This is my (Shihan Qu, Founder Zen Magnets LLC) off the cuff initial reaction to the CPSC meeting, intended for lawyers/journalists/people who are interested in the details of the situation. A recording will be available here, in a couple of days. A shorter, more polished, summary press release for the general public will follow. If you want to know what we plan to do now, scroll to the bottom....
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CPSC Still Trying to Crush Small Round Magnet Toys; Last Surviving American Seller Zen Magnets Fights Back

Posted by on Aug 1, 2014 in New Publication, Press Releases, Syndicated Via Reason.com Blog by Brian Doherty Reason has long been on the beat regarding the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission’s apparent vendetta against the little round magnets which were perhaps most famously sold by the company Maxfield & Oberton as “buckyballs,” which you can use to form fascinating shapes. We’ve reported extensively on the very personal way...
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Good Riddance to the CPSC

Posted by on Jun 5, 2014 in New Publication, Press Releases DENVER, COLORADO, June 5, 2014 /EINPresswire.com/ — This is written in response to Marietta S. Robinson’s statement, published on May 28th, 2014. http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/207273-good-riddance-to-buckeyballs Last week, you released a statement on thehill.com, titled “Good Riddance to Buckeyballs” announcing victory over Buckyballs, and giving the...
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CPSC Commissioner Robert Adler Served Petition Signatures to Cease Magnet Prohibition

Posted by on Feb 27, 2014 in New Publication, Press Releases On Tuesday February 17th, five thousand petition signatures were hand-delivered to Robert (Bob) S. Adler, the acting Chairman at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The stack of signatures were served in person by Shihan Qu, the founder of Zen Magnets, at the Jatvis Center in New York during the New York Toy Fair. Robert Adler (D) was appointed to the agency by President Barack...
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Survey: Ban of Buckyballs, Zen Magnets, Projected to Damage CPSC Credibility

Posted by on Nov 16, 2013 in New Publication, Press Releases The CPSC attempt to ban magnet spheres, such as Zen Magnets and Buckyballs, will damage the agency’s credibility, according to a national survey by Public Polling Policy. The projection is based on telephone interviews conducted summer of 2013 among a national sample of 755 registered voters, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states. Within a margin of error of 3.5%, 88% of...
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