Concern about the recently passed Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act is just beginning to bubble to the top of the news cycle (In between hyperventilating about corporate jets and Michele Obama's dress sense, of course)Basically, the cost of testing for lead contaminants and other nasties in products intended for the use of children under the age of 12 may very well bankrupt a whole range of small companies, and hand-crafters who run tiny businesses out of their homes... not to mention removing a those same products from second-hand and thrift stores.
Nice commentary and roundup from Forbes, here.