In a weirdly under reported story . . .
seems a law was passed in January: The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which makes it illegal to sell vintage children's books. Vintage being anything printed before 1985. The reason for this is the lead content in printer's ink; fears about harm to children (supposedly) was the cause for the law. I fear that there's far more than some concern over children's health at work here, and I've been writing about it over at Octopus Confessional, American Chronicle, Vintage UFO, and Women of Esoterica.
This isn't a conspiracy, this is fact, and now and then an item about this pops up in print, for example, in my local paper today. The item was from the Washington Post, and appeared in today's paper -- April 19 -- but when I went to look up the article on-line, found that it was from March. Among all the other strangeness concerning this story, why is a three week old item published, instead of newer, more relavant articles about this story?
All over the U.S., booksellers, libraries, etc. are ridding their shelves of books, either putting them in storage or sadly, burning the books. Book sellers found a loophole; supposedly it's okay to sell the books if it's made clear they are collectibles, and are sold to adults who are collectors of vintage children's literature.
So I wondered what the skekptoids at the JREF had to say about this. I rarely look at the other sections on the forum; sticking to the "General Skepticism and the Paranormal" category. Curious, I explored the "History, literature and the arts," section, then the Social Issues and Current Events section, and didn't find any thread on this topic. That's not to say there isn't one, just that I didn't find one. They're too busy discussing ways to manipulate your poor deluded friends and loved ones into coming over to the skeptoid side.
Pink RayGun, a skeptic blog, did post about this, and even alluded to feelings twinges of conspiracies just below the surface.
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