"Let us get back to the OTHER products affected, they include, to my biggest chagrin, Books and Clothing. BOOKS! Can you believe it? When is the last time you heard of lead levels in a book hurting someone? How many librarians have had kidney damage and speech problems? Maybe Congress should research that. Congress tries to make it sound better by saying only books before 1985 are affected. They also have a solution for all the schools and public libraries. The institutions just have to have their books tested for lead which costs have all been quoted over $100 (some as high as $800) per book! With Le Mars having to make cutbacks (including cutting operating days for the library) and our schools having to make enormous cutbacks, how are we supposed to pay for all this testing? Mind you if we don't, our libraries could face a $100,000 fine unless they cut off service or get rid of all books printed before 1985 that are available for kids 12 and under. The director of Public Citizen's Congress Watch, David Arkush told CNN, 'They don't have to test every book, obviously. They don't even have to test anywhere near every title. I think they really have to test a reasonable sample size of different classes of books -- different types of binding, different types of materials used.'"
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