Laws, laws, laws. There are so many laws! And every day we are all affected by these laws. Thank goodness most laws exist for good reasons. The intent of many laws is to promote the health and safety of society or to help society function more smoothly.
When you sell things online, you need to make sure you comply with a number of laws. And I’m not just talking about the Etsy policies (like Etsy’s Terms of Use); I’m also talking about state or country government laws. For example, each person must comply with the laws of their local area in addition to the laws regarding the actual items made. It can be overwhelming, to say the least, to keep up to date with these laws. And an even more overwhelming thought: laws tend to change.
In my Storque column, I will feature laws that are relevant to the Etsy community. For this article I will examine California’s Lead-Containing Jewelry Law. In order to help protect children from exposure to lead, which can cause many health issues including behavioral problems, learning disabilities, organ failure and even death, California enacted the Lead-Containing Jewelry Law. This law intends to limit the amount of lead in jewelry, including children’s jewelry and body piercing jewelry. The law is effective for children’s jewelry as of September 1, 2007 and for all other jewelry March 1, 2008.
To read the rest of this article, check out the Storque: http://www.etsy.com/storque/section/etsyNews/article/safety-first-californias-lead-in-jewelry-law/1179/
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