Lead Paint Toys

It's Time to Reregulate Business

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Hale

Between toys that might kill our children, a food safety system that isn't working, airlines that might be flying unsafe airplanes, and our entire financial system, it's clear something isn't working.

The Perils Of Change Lite

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics


Kathleen Reardon

I'm sick of hearing from journalists. Where are the historians, political scientists, economists, sociologists, communication experts and objective political analysts?

The Department of Homeland (In)Security and Friends

Carl Pope | Posted 02.16.2008 | Home


Carl Pope

If you didn't already fully grasp just how eager the reactionary right is to take risks with your life and that of your family, for the most absurd an...

China Blasts Obama Over Call For Chinese Toy Ban

CNN | Emily Sherman | Posted 12.21.2007 | Business


Angry Chinese officials are taking aim at Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama over his statement that he would "stop the import of all toys...

Overwhelmed By Toy Recalls? Buy Video Games

Los Angeles Times | Alex Pham | Posted 11.30.2007 | Business


Kathleen Buczko, a mother of three, is the toy industry's Grinch this year. She plans to cut her spending on toys by 25%. To the video game industry,...

What Toys Are Safe?

CBS Early Show | Posted 11.20.2007 | Business


Hannah Storm speaks with Julie Vallese from the Consumer Product Safety Commission about which products are actually safe in the midst of toy recalls ...

CA Sues Mattel, 19 Other Stores Over Lead-Tainted Toys

AP | Posted 11.20.2007 | Business


California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday sued 20 companies, including Mattel Inc. and Toys "R" Us, claiming they sold toys containing "unlawf...

A Peaceful Revolution: You Must be Kidding! Speaker Pelosi and MomsRising Stunned by CPSC

Joan Blades | Posted 11.01.2007 | Living


Joan Blades

"You've got to be kidding me!" was the first thing we thought after hearing on the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission doesn't support legislation to greatly increase resources for her agency to stop toxic products from reaching children.

Lead for Tots

Al Meyerhoff | Posted 10.26.2007 | Living


Al Meyerhoff

Our regulatory "safety net" is broken, tacked together with overlapping laws and conflicting standards.

Home Lead Test Kits and Bush Administration Plaming

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics


Leo W. Gerard

Within 24 hours this week, two different consumer watchdog groups gave the American public completely contradictory information about home lead test kits.

More Retailers Find Lead-Contaminated Toys In Inventory

The New York Times | ERIC LIPTON | Posted 09.18.2007 | Business


Major American retailers, including Target, Limited Too and Dollar General, have found more lead-contaminated children's products in their inventories...

Want Safer Toys? Be Prepared For Price Hikes

AP | Anne D'Innocenzio | Posted 09.14.2007 | Business


Someone is going to have to pay all the extra costs of making toys safer. For now, toy makers and retailers are sharing the burden, but that's only e...

Disney To Start Testing Own Toys For Lead Paint

New York Times | Louise Story | Posted 09.10.2007 | Business


Reacting to three separate recalls of Mattel toys found to contain unsafe levels of lead paint, The Walt Disney Company said it would begin its own te...

Bad Environmentalism Triumphs in California: Dems Gun for Rubber Ducks

Trevor Butterworth | Posted 09.06.2007 | Living


Trevor Butterworth

Exterminating California's population of rubber ducks makes for good political propaganda, but it is nothing more than a Grinch-like solution to an illusory threat.


 

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