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New law has thrift stores worried about the toys on their shelves

By Bonnie Edwards
Published in News on February 15, 2009 2:00 AM

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Jesse Sutton, employee at Second Fling consignment shop, stacks some of the toys and other items recently pulled from the store's shelves because of a new federal law concerning lead levels and the sale of such items.

Shoppers at several Goldsboro second-hand stores were greeted by empty spaces last week as employees began pulling children's toys and other products off the shelves in response to a new federal law. Put into effect Tuesday, the Consumer Product...

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