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The End of Vintage Kids’ Books?
Some readers were confused about my comment below that the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act is having a negative impact on used booksellers. In short, the CPSIA bars the sale of children’s books printed before 1985 due to concern that the ink might contain lead. As the Washington Post reported:
Legislation passed by Congress last August in response to fears of lead-tainted toys imported from China went into effect last month. Consumer groups and safety advocates have praised it for its far-reaching protections. But libraries and book resellers such as Goodwill are worried about one small part of the law: a ban on distributing children’s books printed before 1985.”
http://volokh.com/posts/1249340466.shtml
Sometimes my tinfoil hat gets the better of me and I start to fret.
With e-books, laws such as this and schools moving away from bound books—will we end up without books at some point?
Have a society that has forgotten how to read?
It would be similar to that movie *The Book of Eli*
Yeah, yeah, I know that’s ridiculous drama but I do worry about what we are losing.
Life "might" contain risks. Deal with it.