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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New Voluntary Standard for Retail Sales

Posted by on Jun 26, 2014 in New Publication, Press Releases DENVER, COLORADO, June 26, 2014. In the midst of a regulatory battle with the CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission), Zen Magnets has begun expanding to retail stores with physical locations, and has announced a new Voluntary Standard for retail sales of artistic and educational magnet spheres. The CPSC staff “preliminary determined” that all aggregate sets of high powered magnets...
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Fielding Differences

Posted by on Jun 19, 2014 in New Publication, Syndicated By Nancy Nord, via Conversations with Consumers Blog It has been said that no two people ever read the same book.  Our perspectives and reactions are all influenced and informed by the points of view we bring to a particular issue.  This is especially true of commissioners at the CPSC who bring a wealth of experiences to the agency and whose outlooks are influenced by those experiences. My...
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CPSC Continues to Gamble Reputation in Magnet Ban, Stakes Grow

Posted by on Oct 31, 2013 in Featured, Press Releases The 2008 CPSC Leadership (Robert Adler and Inez Tenenbaum) have tossed the old ways of the CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) out the window and set a blazing trail of new precedents, especially in their expensive campaign to ban magnet sets typically used for art and education. The ethos of consistency and fairness earned by the agency in the previous four decades is heavily wagered in a...
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9/10 Americans Say No to CPSC Magnet Ban

Posted by on Jul 24, 2013 in Press Releases The Consumer Product Safety Commission’s controversial campaign to ban magnet spheres keeps losing ground as Public Policy Polling recently released results showing an overwhelming majority of Americans disagree with the ban. This is another point against the CPSC in its pursuit of banning sets of high powered magnet spheres. With the demise of Buckyballs, Denver-based Zen Magnets LLC  is one of...
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