Comment Session Shows Public Heavily Against Magnet Ban Rulemaking

Posted by on Jul 23, 2013 in Featured, Press Releases The Consumer Product Safety Commission is legally required to receive and address the public’s input on matters of rulemaking. Their recent campaign to ban magnet sets had one such period of commentary, in which the public came out strongly against the magnet ban. In spite of this strong public mandate, the CPSC pressed their suit and continue to pursue their magnet ban today. This is a...
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17 Fold Injury Data Inflation by CPSC, Health Canada Analysis Shows

Posted by on Jul 18, 2013 in Featured, Press Releases “1,700 injuries requiring hospitalization! Warnings don’t work! This is an epidemic!” The CPSC has pulled the fire drill on magnets, furiously flailing for a ban on sets of high powered magnet spheres, pulling unprecedented legal maneuvers, pressing for an all ages ban, and brushing off record breaking public dissent.  Analysis of the same NEISS data by Health Canada (HC) shows...
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Polls Are In, CPSC Ban Really, Really Unpopular.

Posted by on Jul 17, 2013 in Featured, Press Releases According to a new national poll conducted by PPP, 88% of those polled say they don’t agree with an all ages magnet sphere ban compared to the 6% who approved the CPSC’s actions against consumer high powered magnet sets. The poll, conducted by Public Policy Polling on July 11 and July 12 of a national sample of 755 registered voters, living in all 50 U.S. states. People were asked...
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Buckyballs Discontinued, Zen Magnets the last US magnet sphere company.

Posted by on Nov 2, 2012 in Press Releases Source: http://www.zenmagnets.com/index.php?p=1_20_November_Update Buckyballs threw in the towel, announced discontinuation, making Zen Magnets the last standing in the US. The AAP and NASPHGAN hand out prewritten think-of-the-children letters, instructing pediatricians to comment in support of CPSC magnet ban rulemaking. On Bucky Dropping Out: “Maxfield & Oberton, the maker of...
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Nancy Nord, Voice of Reason Among CPSC Commissioners

Posted by on Sep 11, 2012 in Press Releases On August 27th, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted 4 to 0 to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking, effectively aimed at small, high-powered magnet. Although that fact may sound alarming, within a statement explaining her vote, Commissioner Nancy Nord has shown herself to be the voice of reason among the CPSC Commissioners. Nancy Nord, a former acting Chairwoman among the CPSC...
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CPSC ignores public, selects nuclear option against Zen Magnets

Posted by on Aug 10, 2012 in New Publication, Press Releases Aug 10, 2012 – In a continued uphill war against the sale of rare-earth magnets, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has launched it’s second adminstrative complaint lawsuit of the past decade against Zen Magnets LLC on August 6, 2012. The first was issued on July 25 against Maxfield & Oberton, the distributor of Buckyballs, the leading brand of magnet spheres on the...
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