While the following is not ceramic related, it is craft related and should be of interest to anyone that works with handmade objects. It seems that the US has passed legislation that is going to have grave impact on the future of handmade products for children, and even mass produced products for that matter.

Please check out the following article and have a look at Etsy for more discussion and links. It’s frightening really…

http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/16/cpsia-safety-toys-oped-cx_wo_0116olson.html
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6013238
http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/cpsia.html