Re: [LM_NET] Lead in old books

[mchawkins <caughey195@YAHOO.COM>]

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My plan is to stop elementary school kids from licking the books.  

 Meg Hawkins  MLS
Librarian
Darby Township School 1-8
Glenolden PA


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From: Marsha Redd <marsharedd@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 1:29:31 PM
Subject: Re: Lead in old books

Exactly, Darlene. The best baby proofing is usually keeping an eye on the kids. I 
shudder to think how lucky I am that my son never choked on toilet seat 
attachments. lol


Marsha Redd, Librarian
Kelloggsville High School
Grand Rapids, MI
marsharedd@hotmail.com

Education is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone is a student. Everyone 
is a teacher.

On Jul 13, 2009, at 1:09 PM, Darlene Yasick wrote:

> 
> Amen to what Marsha said. I often wonder how those of us over 40 grew up at all 
>considering how little we knew about what could hurt us mentally and physically! I 
>practically grew up living in the local library and still seem to have most of my 
>faculties. Watched a tv show on baby proofing a house the other day - among other 
>things they suggested that you take off the little covers that hold on the toilet 
>seat ( could be pried off and swallowed) and a whole list of other things that I 
>had in my house as my five grew up. Most stitches came from running into each 
>other or stationary objects. They grew up with tons of pre 1985 books and have 
>done more than quite well for themselves academically. Seem like we ought to worry 
>about real health threats. I wonder how much time you would have to spend with or 
>chewing on books ( who is watching you) before you cause damage???  Sorry - 
>retirement is making me cranky!
> Darlene Yasick
> Media Specialist Retired (lib027yas@global.net
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Marsha Redd <marsharedd@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
>> From: Marsha Redd <marsharedd@HOTMAIL.COM>
>> Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Lead in old books
>> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:34 AM
>> I don't plan on doing anything, and
>> personally, I hope the government does not decide to
>> legislate that we do something. Given the fact that most of
>> us have grown up with books older than the 80's and don't
>> appear to have suffered ill effects, I find the whole thing
>> ridiculous. If they want to put out a warning so that
>> parents don't let their children eat or chew on old books,
>> that's fine. But requiring libraries to take them off the
>> shelves would be outrageous in my opinion.
>> 
>> 
>> Marsha Redd, Librarian
>> Kelloggsville High School
>> Grand Rapids, MI
>> marsharedd@hotmail.com
>> 
>> Education is not a goal; it is a life-long process.
>> Everyone is a student. Everyone is a teacher.
>> 
>> On Jul 13, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Shonda Brisco wrote:
>> 
>>> You probably shouldn't be doing anything at all at
>> this time since the jury
>>> is out on what libraries can or must do regarding this
>> new legislation.  The
>>> CPSIA (Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act) can be
>> found here:
>>> http://www.cpsc.gov/cpsia.pdf
>>> 
>>> The American Library Association has information about
>> how they are working
>>> with the Consumer Product Safety counsel on
>> this.  You can read about it
>>> here:
>>> 
>http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/wo/woissues/governmentinfo/cpsia/cpsia.cfm
>>> 
>>> On June 9, 2009, the following was posted on the ALA
>> District Dispatch site:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "Currently, the Commission is not imposing penalties
>> under the new standards
>>> for most books.  The Commission has been
>> presented with evidence by the
>>> publishing industry and others that so-called
>> “ordinary books” as
>>> manufactured under present standards do not contain
>> lead.  This evidence has
>>> been provided so that publishers and distributors of
>> ordinary children’s
>>> books might be granted an exemption from the testing
>> requirements in the
>>> CPSIA.  Today’s meeting is one in a series of
>> sessions on this topic."
>>> [More available at the link below:]
>>> 
>>> http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/index.php?s=CPSIA
>>> 
>>> Basically the lead content in books is very small and
>> is not considered to
>>> be harmful.  As a result, ALA is hoping to have
>> libraries and their books
>>> exempted from the process of eliminating anything with
>> lead content.  To
>>> stay up-to-date on this issue, bookmark the ALA
>> District Dispatch website
>>> and watch for any new information that might come from
>> meetings on this
>>> topic.
>>> 
>>> (In the meantime, don't toss your books!!)
>> *grin*
>>> 
>>> ~Shonda
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --Shonda Brisco
>>> Assistant Professor / Curriculum Materials Librarian
>>> Mary L. Williams Curriculum Materials Library
>>> 001 Willard Hall
>>> Oklahoma State University
>>> Stillwater, OK 74078
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>>> 
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