No more reselling kids clothing?

I think it is possible that children's clothing can have lead. Lead is comes from industrial paints. There are some clothes for children or adults that have designs using paints like numbers or drawings of cartoon characters. We are not really sure if this paints have or don't have lead in it. Anything is always possible in business and we should avoid buying this clothes.

Well, I kind of hope that is not true, for many families can't afford new clothing for their children and buy from thrift shops. I can't imagine thrift shops could afford to test their children's clothing for lead without drastically increasing the prices. Did the article say anything about donated clothing?

that just sounds nuts. i havent heard anything to that sort at all. i guess the scare from china has been balloon just a tiny bit eh? seriously, that seems sort of nuts, especially in this age of recycling and worrying about the environment!

Here is the LA Times article on this legislation which seems to have snuck up on just about everybody. It is ridiculous and needs to be stopped. Thank you for helping to spread the word about his outrage, which in my opinion will in no way protect children.

Wow I haven't heard of that yet either. I hope it doesn't effect ebay, but I don't sell children's clothes. That's really interesting though & sucks for a lot of older people with children who grew out of their clothes and made some extra money selling them on EBAY

Wow! I never heard that. I wonder how that is going to effect ebay? I buy second hand clothing all the time. i never even thought clothing could have lead in them? Toys, yes, i've heard of some containing lead. I will have to rerad up on this. Thanks for the info!

First off,how could they regulate it? the only way to stop people from selling kids clothing,new or old,would be for the stores not to sell it in the first place. one an item is sold,it becomes private property,and there are not enough police or any other agancy that could control the sales of used clothing. Of course,for those that do worry about the lead content of clothing,they can always buy from the factory that makes them,and find out from them if they use lead in the manufacturing process.

from what I hear all places, including consignment stores and thrift stores will have to stop selling children's toys and clothing if it was manufactured after a certain date unless they are capable of testing for lead and phthalates. I'm thinking lots of consignment and thrift stores will be hurting after this law goes into affect.

That is interesting. I know that some baby clothes are supposed to have flame retardant material and some clothes have maybe some "painted" pictures which may contain lead. I've not really heard of lead in clothes but I guess it is possible. If that is the case it will make it harder for resale shops cause they will have to be careful not to get dangerous clothes.

That's a first. I sell my sons clothing to friends when he outgrows them and never had gotten them checked for lead and whatever else. Hmmm I need to read up on this.

I'm in Australia and have not heard anything about it out here, and loads of people resell childrens clothes. One online auction I'm on has so many people selling kids and baby clothes, and there in the Op shops, and markets and garadge sales .I guess it's not an Ausie thing.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/pending/cpsia.asp you will have to prove its clean (lead free) if its made after feb 10th but like thrift stores wont have to etc or something

This is not done. No one puts lead into kids clothes. It is totally baseless to talk in such a manner. So many people can not afford to but new clothes all the time for theor kids so they prefer to buy the second hand ones. SO it will create real problems for them. SO we should not support this kind of allegations.

I never herd about it that you cannot sell any second hand children items, well I think they do it for the saftey of the children. Lead can harm children health which is risky , well I really don't know about clothes in finding lead in them.

I haven't heard of that one. I can't imagine clothing ever having lead in it either.

I hate to say it but it sounds like it is true--- http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=7321 My suggestion is garage sales, craigslist etc.. This is ridiculous, used clothing is one of the biggest way we can recycle. These people should get their act together

Sounds to me like somebody, (organization) is trying to make some extra money. This way the close get so expensive, you are better off to buy new ones. Take care.

I had heard little about it - after that last fiasco with the lead in the toys for kids last year at christmas and all the recalls. But... not realizing it was in clothes either, I went in to Joannes Craft store and they have a material/fabric section and I just took a look at the sale of 70% off on beautiful fabrics, and did some wishing as I used to be a professional seamstress of kids clothes and have had to stop in last years. But I was looking and dreaming, and right there in a good sized sign that said: " Beware: Calico has formaldihyde in it...." and said all the health problems it can cause and to buy at your own risk. I was so shocked! Isn't formaldihyde (not sure of the spelling) isn't that what they use to keep human corpses and body parts in to keep them from decaying while they do certain things to and with it? And that is what is in calico - the best quilting fabric ever? Scary! If it isn't true, I am sure the store would not have posted the sign, so I guess there is something going on. But then again, second hand clothes... they've been washed and washed and dried and all, can't that bit of lead that might be in there, be washed out with time? But then again, even if it is, they are going to say anything about it - so people don't try to get around it. Maybe it'd be a good thing to start looking into stock in clothing without lead!

China does apperantly they have sent 1000 upon 1000's of Lead infested toys and clothing to the USA and other countries. It happens and it happens all the time. Most parents just have no clue till its to late. Such a shame when a country is more worried about turning a profit than it is about protecting the future of the world our children.