Stop Toxic Imports Blog

In the free for all 21st, it all sounds terrific -- free markets, free trade and free commerce. But really, it's lies, traderous lies and statistics. The "d" in trader is deliberate. This is about the sleight of hand billed as free trade.

The United Steelworkers released the results of a study showing exactly how toxic trade kills unsuspecting American consumers during a teleconference call today at 10:15 a.m.

Join us to confront these toxic traders and the corporate lobbyists at the Bush-administration-backed Import Safety Summit. Rally and Street Theater 12 Noon, July 9th Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H St. NW

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) based in Washington, DC and Oakland, California, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, at a hearing on the “Discussion Draft of the ‘Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act’ Legislation: Device and Cosmetic Safety” on May 14, 2008. In alliance with the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics the EWG seeks to tighten product safety standards in the personal care/cosmetics industry.

The Toxic Trader showed its evil face in downtown Pittsburgh on Friday. The Toxic Avengers from the United Steelworkers were quick to stop the Trader in it's tracks. The Toxic Trader street performance has been seen in cities all over the country in an effort to expose unfair trade and dangerous products imposed on our communities.

A defect on tires has links to China

Chemical Safety Workgroup video

Americans must look at gas prices, foreclosures and unemployment figures all rising — particularly the spike in May’s jobless rate which was the largest since the mid-1980s — and ask themselves which of the two candidates for president is best qualified to spiral those statistics back down.

“An overzealous government that tries to keep all bad products off the market is likely to err by keeping too many good products off the market.” So warns James A. Dorn of the free-market think-tank the Cato Institute in an editorial entitled Toxic Toys: Congress Risks Making Things Worse, critical of the Sen. Richard Durbin’s (D-IL) proposed Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act of 2007 (S. 1847) bill slowly making its rounds in Congress, which would dramatically and incrementally increase funding for the much maligned CPSC and implement stronger repercussions for multinational companies whose products fail to meet safety standards...

This Week in Toxic Trade, 12/05/07 “Safe Home Session” Cities, 11/28 Los Angeles, CA Columbus, OH Traverse City, MI Buffalo, NY Houston, TX Oklahoma City, OK Tacoma, WA Des Moines, IA St. Louis, MO Tampa, FL Louisville, KY Charleston, WV Syracuse, NY Indianapolis, IN Green Bay, WI Nashville, TN This past week brought with it the latest blitz of United Steelworkers’ “Safe Home Sessions,” organized to teach families ensure the safety of their children against the potential of lead contamination in toys imported from China...