In case you haven't heard, we've been given a reprieve. That's right folks, the boutique world is not longer on death row. The CPSC today voted to give us a one year stay of enforcement of the CPSIA in order for them to evaluate the scientific evidence they've been presented which shows that there is zero risk of lead in textile products. This saves us from being required to effectively destroy every garment we create via wet chemistry laboratory testing for lead at the tune of thousands of dollars - even if every single component of the garment has already been tested and passed. Companies such as JCPenney, Walmart, The Children's Place, Coats & Clark and others all presented their test results to the CPSC last week and thankfully the CPSC is listening. Of thousands of textiles that have thus far been tested - costing these companies hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of dollars - none of the fibers were found to exceed the very stringent lead limits set by the new legislation.
Now we can take a deep breath and return to designing.
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