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Signed Sealed Delivered: Safer Toys, Safer Kids
On August 14, President Bush signed a law that overhauls the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The bi-partisan Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 will make consumer products safer by requiring that toys and infant products are tested before they are sold, and by banning toxic chemicals like lead and phthalates in toys. The bill also will create the first comprehensive publicly accessible consumer complaint database, give the CPSC the resources and authority it needs to protect the public, increase civil penalties that CPSC can assess against violators of product safety laws, and protect whistleblowers who report product safety defects.
Read the ABC News story about the bill.
Click here for our coalition release.
Click here for a copy of the bill.
For regular updates, read the blog at static.uspirg.org/consumer.
