CPSC Continues to Gamble Reputation in Magnet Ban, Stakes Grow

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

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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Comment Session Shows Public Heavily Against Magnet Ban Rulemaking

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

“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.

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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