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Car Seat Recall: Car Seat Models For Safety 1st, Cosco, Eddie Bauer, Disney Are Recalled

AP | CHRISTINE SIMMONS | Posted 12.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Made in China, Car Seat Handle, Parenting, Disney Car Seat Recall, Safety 1st, Dorel Juvenile Group, Cpsc, Eddie Bauer, Child Seat Recall, Cosco Recall, Disney, Car Seat Recall Repair Kit, Eddie Bauer Car Seat Recall, China, Safety 1st Car Seat Recall, Cosco, Repair Kit, Business News

WASHINGTON — A baby product manufacturer recalled on Friday about 447,000 of its infant car seat carriers, including some branded with Eddie Bau...

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Blind Recall 2009: MILLIONS Of Roman Shades Recalled

Posted 12.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Blind Recall, Roman Blinds Recalled, Cpsc, 50 Million Blinds Recalled, Blind Recalls, Blinds Recall, Blinds Recalled, Roman Blinds Recall, Roman Shades, Business News

Some 50 million Roman blinds are being recalled in a blind recall of "historic proportions," involving "virtually every Roman blind and roller shade o...

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StorkCraft Cribs Recall: StorkCraft Website OVERLOADED After November 2009 Recall

Huffington Post/Associated Press | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Stork Craft Crib Recall, Cribs Recall November 2009, Storkcraft Crib Recall, StorkCraft Cribs Recall, Cpsc, StorkCraft Twitter, November 2009, StorkCraft Website, Consumer Product Safety Commission, StorkCraft Cribs Recall 2009, StorkCraft Cribs Recall November 2009, Stork Craft Cribs Recall, Business News

The Stork Craft Web site (www.storkcraft.com) is suffering outages, its Twitter account (http://twitter.com/StorkCraft) is being sent numerous message...

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The Libertarian Gotcha

Harry Moroz | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Protection, Cpsc, Libertarians, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Toymakers, Small Business, Barbie, Mattel, Business News
Harry Moroz

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act is generating quite a bit of controversy for a measure designed to protect children from lead and other unsafe consumer products.

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5 Secrets Conventional Cleaning Product Manufacturers Don't Want You to Know

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Households, Cleaning Products, Natural, Exposure to Chemicals, Cpsc, Antibacterials, Truth in Labeling, Consumer Reports, Toxic Chemicals, Environmentally Friendly, Nontoxic, Triclosan, Seventh Generation, Surfactant, Green Cleaning Products, Cleaning, Activeion, Ecover, Dapple, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

These products were meant for use all over the house. If they were as toxic as their labels implied, why were we using them where we ate, bathed, slept and played?

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Court Agrees: Phthalates are Banned From Toys Effective Next Week!

Sarah Janssen | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Toys, Simplesteps, Cpsc, Petition, Phthalates, Children, Personal Health, Nrdc, Raising Children, Parenting, Natural Resources Defense Council, Kids, Health, Children's Health, Parents, Living News
Sarah Janssen

Phthalates (pronounced thal-ates) are chemicals used in many common consumer products, including as softeners of plastic children's toys -- like a rubber ducky.

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"The Change" Our Children Need: REACHing for Kid Safe Chemicals

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 12.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Plastics, Toxic Chemicals, Health, Hospitals, Cpsc, Cord Blood, Chemicals, Toxic Toys, Reach, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

At the local hospital near you, right now, babies are being born with over 200 industrial chemicals in their cord blood.

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Bush Administration Made Complete Immunity for Negligent Corporations a Top Priority

Les Weisbrod | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Toys, Diana Levine, Supreme Court, Recalls, Lead, Les Weisbrod, US Supreme Court, Regulatory Agencies, Cpsc, Drugs, Pet Food, Corporate Accountability, Wyeth, American Association for Justice, Bush Administration, Fda, Attorneys General, Trial Lawyer, Pharma, Politics News
Les Weisbrod

In the past three years federal agencies, have engaged in a campaign to hand corporations a 'get-out-of jail-free' pass when their products have harmed consumers.

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Bipartisan Support for our Children -- It Has Happened!

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 08.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Law, Children, Health, George W. Bush, Exxon Mobil, Cpsc, Environment, Lead Paint Toys, Regulation, Green Living, Bipartisanship, Chemicals, Toxic Toys, Phthalates, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

The final day of July 2008 may go down in history as the moment the tides of democracy shifted away from corporate cronyism and back to the people.

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