Bush signs bill banning lead from children's toys

President Bush on Thursday signed consumer-safety legislation that bans lead from children's toys, imposing the toughest standard in the world.

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Seventy-six trombones left the big charade. A thousand and 10 store debts are close at hand. There are zippers, keys - so many amenities - all outlawed because Congress is blind.

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"WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

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A propsed agency aimed at protecting consumers is meeting fierce resistance from the finance industry with one lobbyist as saying "Stopping the agency is our number one priority."

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Kudos to Costco for Admirable Corporate Responsibility

My hat is off to Costco for demonstrating very admirable corporate responsibility. We received a pre-recorded phone call this afternoon, informing us that a food product we recently purchased at one of its stores had been recalled due to possible salmonella poisoning.

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Have the effects of cross-border trade influenced U.S. policy in favor of protectionism?

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An advocacy group criticized the Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday for sometimes taking six months or more to notify the public about dangerous products, and complained that it took some companies nearly three years to report hazards to the agency.

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On Saturday, the Washington Post reported that the White House was considering nominating Gail Charnley to head the CPSC. Besides being a consultant for the tobacco industry "from the early 1990s through 2001," Charnley has a long history of shilling for coal:

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Consumers who pick up their prescription medications at a pharmacy drive-through window might be jeopardizing their own safety in the name of convenience. A new study indicates that pharmacists who work at locations with drive-through windows believe the extra distractions assoc …

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...In a short, made-for-Internet video released by the Campaign for America's Future, a Barbie doll calls a Ken doll to complain she has contracted lead poisoning from a late-night, alcohol-induced, post-breakup (and off-camera) rendezvous with her dashing plastic boy-toy.

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The chief of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and her predecessor have taken dozens of trips at the expense of the toy, appliance and children's furniture industries and others they regulate, according to internal records obtained by The Washington Post.

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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- After hearing about dangerous Chinese products elsewhere, Indonesia this summer began testing popular Chinese-made items on its own store shelves.

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Rite Aid is selling antifreeze-laced fog juice, the substance that is atomized and turned into a gas by smoke machines, isn't terribly concerned, reports reader Jennifer.

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By now it should come as no surprise that the Bush administration dislikes regulation. It has appointed industry-friendly officials to lead agencies that enforce everything from consumer safety to workplace regulations.

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Tooth whitening kits have been found to contain illegally high levels of the bleaching agent hydrogen peroxide. Trading Standards Institute (TSI) tests found hydrogen peroxide levels were higher than the legal limit in 18 out of 20 DIY products tested.

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Body Products On The Menu

It's something we normally don't think about, but things that touch our skin are absorbed into our bodies. They escape the process of swallowing and are transfered directly into our tissues and bloodstream, to join all the other ingredients inside and chemicals inside us.

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Consumers were advised on Friday to discard all toothpaste made in China after federal health officials said they found Chinese-made toothpaste containing a poison related to a chemical used in antifreeze in three locations — Miami, the Port of Los Angeles and Puerto Rico.

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Amid growing scrutiny of the government's consumer safety record, lawmakers are focusing their fire on President Bush's nominee to run the Consumer Product Safety Commission: a Washington-based lobbyist for the nation's biggest manufacturers' association, whose members produce ma …

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has been operating without the ability to vote for weeks because President Bush has not moved to fill a key vacancy.

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According to a woman with too much time on her hands, rubber duckies will kill your little ones. And inexpensive jewelry has lead in it which was give them drain bammage, er, brain dammage.

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