Commerce Committee Urged to Consider Product Safety Solution in Tenenbaum Hearing

June 18th, 2009

In a June 15 letter to the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Goodwill Industries International addressed the urgency of establishing a mechanism for complying with the Consumer Product Safety Information Act (CPSIA). The letter recommends that the committee recognize this urgency as it considers U.S. President Barack Obama’s nomination of Inez Moore Tenenbaum as Chair of the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC).

“Without a mechanism for identifying specific products that pose a threat to our customers’ children, the only way that our store operators can be 100 percent sure that none of our children’s products exceed CPSIA’s new lead limits, is to dispose of all children’s products as banned hazardous substances,” the letter explains, adding that discarding children’s products would be devastating for Goodwill Industries® and the populations it serves.

The Donated Goods Coalition submitted CPSIA-related questions for the committee to pose during the June 16 Tenenbaum confirmation hearing. The letter also recommends the committee queries her about her recommendations for CPSIA revisions and her intentions to work with nonprofit resellers on future CPSC initiatives. During the hearing, Tennenbaum noted that nonprofit thrift concerns regarding CPSIA need to be addressed quickly.

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