tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post7206352288064753732..comments2023-10-16T04:34:45.322-05:00Comments on CPSIA - Comments & Observations: CPSIA - Shootout at the ATV Exemption CorralRick Woldenberg, Chairman - Learning Resources Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10399747363670184131noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-30028867353132737972009-04-17T08:17:00.000-05:002009-04-17T08:17:00.000-05:00Rick--
The whole "no safe level" mantra is comple...Rick--<br /><br />The whole "no safe level" mantra is complete BS, and violates everything we know about toxicology.<br /><br />Also, as you have pointed out, if there is no safe level, what are we to do about naturally occurring lead?<br /><br />CPSIA is nothing more than a junk scientist's wet dream.Michael D. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05751175794720982564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-86380708703412265442009-04-15T02:11:00.000-05:002009-04-15T02:11:00.000-05:00Great Blog Posting...I can't believe how greedy th...Great Blog Posting...I can't believe how greedy the ATV industry is! I certainly will be boycotting them now! They don't care about my kids absorbing lead into their bloodstream. I recently took my boys riding on a 3 hr guided ATV tour in the very rocky, very hilly, Arizona desert. Whew! Good thing they were over 12 years old. I didn't have to worry about the lead leeching through their jeans, long-sleeve shirt, t-shirt, sweatshirt, gloves, bandanna covering two-thirds of their face and goggles (presumably to protect from dust, or was it to filter out the toxic lead, or maybe the gas fumes,) and the crash helmet, which also doubles as an anti-lead cranial absorption chamber. <br /><br />I elected not to take my 11 year old daughter on this trip because I felt it would be too dangerous for her delicate body and fragile gray matter to absorb...........a blow to the freaking skull as she flies off the back of the incredibly jumpy ATV as it hurdles over rocks and cactus! (and you thought I was going to say the highly toxic, low-levels of lead). <br /><br />After taking the boys, I thought she may actually like to ride on the ATV as my 43 year-old mind kept reminding my 23 year-old id to keep it under 10 MPH. At this speed, I think she can handle it. But not now...no way, not happening. Even if she was wearing a hermetically-sealed lead-proof suit, you can't get me to expose her to such toxins because if members of my Congress tells me it is illegal and unsafe to subject youngsters to tainted ATVs, well then, by golly, I am not going to allow it to happen. They MUST know what they are talking about. I am not wise enough to weigh such risks on my own. And what the heck is wrong with the ATV tour company. They certainly went out of their way to get me to sign a waiver to protect them from any liability in the event I should try to jump over the Box Canyon River, Evil Knievel-style. They also took such care to warn us about the 1001 ways we can die in the desert and to stay away from those cute, lovable Gila Monsters. But did they warn me about the dangers of lead for my children? Nooooo! I checked the waiver form. Nope, not there. How dare they dupe me like this. They purposely withheld such information because they KNEW I wouldn't bring my daughter back for a ride if I was aware of the lead hazard. How could they not care about my precious angel daughter. Do they have no conscious? <br /><br />Thank you so much for your blog posting as this has saved me giving my money to the evil ATV company. <br /><br />What? What's that you say? <br />Was the ATV machine an adult model?<br />Why, yes, it was.<br />Um...the law only applies to child ATV models? Really?<br />You mean if the ATV model is made a little bigger and intended for adults then it is not illegal to let my 11 year-old daughter to ride on the back. And that's because why? <br /><br />Oh, well never mind then.weewillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976525552331408686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-57862494898702569762009-04-14T17:42:00.000-05:002009-04-14T17:42:00.000-05:00My Senator is so clueless on this issue. Like talk...My Senator is so clueless on this issue. Like talking to a brick wall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-46741030466503481572009-04-13T09:41:00.000-05:002009-04-13T09:41:00.000-05:00You want to know why Moore's acting the way he is?...You want to know why Moore's acting the way he is? It's because he is by nature a brown-noser. I've noticed that every time Nord makes a decision which will anger the Democratic powers-that-be, Moore puts out a letter trying to show how he's on their side. I don't think Moore has an opinion on safety one way or the other, he just wants to keep his job. If it takes stabbing Nord in the back, that's what he'll do. He was upset not at Nord's decision on the stay, but that she put her message out directly without giving him the chance to triangulate himself.Nom de Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05153700215201399299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-33008831674290259702009-04-12T17:23:00.000-05:002009-04-12T17:23:00.000-05:00One would expect any decision to exempt ATVs would...One would expect any decision to exempt ATVs would be challenged by NRDC, et. al., and doesn't stand a chance of holding up in court. <BR/><BR/>These pols are painting themselves into quite a corner, one they won't easily escape from.Johnnoreply@blogger.com