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ED MORRISSEY: ?The importation of toys with lead paint from China two years ago prompted Congress t?

By Glenn Reynolds

ED MORRISSEY: “The importation of toys with lead paint from China two years ago prompted Congress to pass the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), requiring extensive independent testing of all products sold ? or resold ? for children. The new regulations threatened to put small manufacturers and thrift shops out of business, thanks to the onerous burden of test costs. But what about the big manufacturer that actually put 2 million contaminated products on shelves? Mattel gets a waiver from testing requirements ? again.”

Safety rules, like taxes, are for the little people.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on April 24, 2010 (boomark / email).