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Obama's First 100 Days: Restoring the Good Name of the U.S.

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Foreclosures, Green Jobs, Pakistan, George W. Bush, President Obama, Lead Paint Toys, Guantanamo, Valerie Plame, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Donnie Walsh, Afghanistan War, Isiah Thomas, Iraq War, Unemployment, 2012 Election, Party of No, 100 Days, Brownie, Obama Budget, Banking Crisis, Financial System, Stem Cell Research, No-Bid Contracts, Consumer Product Safety Commission, New York Knicks, Health Care, Global Warming, Torture, Republicans, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

The task awaiting Obama was massive. And yet, there is a rush to decide how he's doing after 100 days. Donnie Walsh gets two years to revive the Knicks, but the president only gets 100 days to fix the country?

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Motorcycle's Lead Law Pain: New Rule Hurts Bike Companies

AP | LEE LOGAN | Posted 04.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Motorcycle Companies, Lead, Motorcycle Lead Law, Lead Paint, Lead Paint Toys, Lead Paint in Toys, Motorcycles, Lead Law Consequences, Lead Law Motorcycle, Business News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Larry Neill has $118,000 worth of small motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles sitting on his lot in Missouri's capital city...

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Birth Defects Surge in a Toxic World

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 04.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Neurotoxins, Electricity, Lead Paint Toys, Environment, Public Health, Genetics, Birth Defects, United States, Lifespan, Environmental Law, Pollution, Coal, China, Rbgh, Healthy Child Healthy World, Living News
Christopher Gavigan

According to the March of Dimes, 1 in 33 babies born in the US have a birth defect -- about twice as many as in China.

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What's for Dinner? Lead and Antifreeze -- Yum!

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, India, Children, Tainted Chinese Milk, Milk, Lead Paint Toys, Fda, Antifreeze, Healthy Child Healthy World, Imports, Melamine, Toxic Imports, Chinese Exports, Heparin, Meat, Children's Health, China, Tainted Toothpaste, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

Over the past couple of months, melamine has been heavy in the headlines... dairy products manufactured in China were intentionally contaminated with the chemical.

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Obammunism

Disgrasian | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Obama Communist, Toy Safety, Tainted Chinese Milk, Lead Paint Toys, China Olympics, Obama Shared Toys, Obama, China Toys, Mccain Obama Socialist, Sharing Toys, China Human Rights, Obama Communism, Barack Obama, Toy Recalls, Stereotypes, Obama Socialist Smear, Racial Stereotypes, Socialism, Obama Socialist, China, Toxic Toys, McCain Smear Campaign, Barack Obama Smears, Republican Smear Machine, Smears, China Opening Ceremonies, Communism Obama, Politics News
Disgrasian

Like the Chinese, Obama is a Communist. So you know what that means, right? Obama not only shared his toys, but he, like the Chinese, first tainted them with lead paint.

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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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China Blasts Obama Over Call For Chinese Toy Ban

CNN | Emily Sherman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Lead Paint Toys, China Products, Chinese Officials, China Toys, Toxic Toys, Barack Obama, Business News

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

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Overwhelmed By Toy Recalls? Buy Video Games

Los Angeles Times | Alex Pham | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Lead Paint Toys, Mattel Recalls, Mattel, Video Games, Toy Recalls, Video Game Consoles, Video Game Industry, Business News

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,...

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What Toys Are Safe?

CBS Early Show | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Lead Paint Toys, Holiday Shopping, Toy Recalls, After Thanksgiving Sales, Safe Toys, Business News

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

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

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Toys R Us, Lead Paint Toys, Lead Paint Lawsuit, Mattel, Jerry Brown, Business News

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

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More Retailers Find Lead-Contaminated Toys In Inventory

The New York Times | ERIC LIPTON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Lead Paint Toys, Contaminated Toys, Business News

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

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Want Safer Toys? Be Prepared For Price Hikes

AP | Anne D'Innocenzio | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Lead Paint Toys, Price Increases, Toys, Business News

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...

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Disney To Start Testing Own Toys For Lead Paint

New York Times | Louise Story | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Lead Paint Toys, Toys R Us, Toy Recalls, Disney, Business News

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...

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