OMG - Consumer PROTECTION

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CONSUMER PROTECTION - What is life in these United States coming to?

Jewelers & retailers want to return to utter lawlessness and ZERO laws.

Big surprise there ... sounds like the USA nuclear industry.

Sounds like BP.

It only involves children lives, and a repeal of federalism ... should be a slam-dunk.

http://www.nationaljeweler.com/nj/majors/public-policy-and-issues/articl...

http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/page/content.detail/id/147621/Jewelers-...

http://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/national/jewelers-want-states-to-rep...

http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/page/content.detail/id/147621/Jewelers-...

The U.S jewelry industry wants states to overturn laws that limit the toxic metal cadmium in children's trinkets and adopt new voluntary guidelines it helped create, saying stricter rules in several states create chaos for manufacturers and importers.

Persuading legislators to reopen the issue won't be an easy sell: Many consumer and environmental advocates say the new guidelines weaken protection of children's health.

While the voluntary rules have the support of federal regulators, states that passed much stricter limits over the past year would have to backtrack and allow higher levels of a metal that can cause cancer.