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CPSIA Update: Brass Ackwards

The Wall Street Journal today editorializes on yet another in the series of absurd and jobs-killing decisions the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act has forced upon the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Full Article at Shopfloor

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  1. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 17:  Inez Moore Tenenbaum, Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, speaks at a town hall meeting on toy safety at Toys 'R' Us November 17, 2009 in New York City.
  2. Consumer Product Safety Commission Chair, Inez Tenenbaum, left, and Wang Xin, director general of the National Center of Supervision and Inspection on Motor Vehicle Products Quality, right, shake hands Friday Oct. 23, 2009 in Shanghai, China.
  3. Consumer Product Safety Commission Chair, Inez Tenenbaum, left, and Wang Xin, director general of the National Center of Supervision and Inspection on Motor Vehicle Products Quality, right, shake hands Friday Oct. 23, 2009 in Shanghai, China.

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