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Consumer Groups Applaud Senate Passage of Strong Product Safety Bill; Urge President to Sign Bill into Law Now
7/31/2008
Washington, D.C.—Today, consumer, public interest and scientific groups applaud the U.S. Senate for passing strong product safety reform legislation that would overhaul the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Puppet joins trade protest
7/31/2008
Dozens of steel union members protested outside Rep. Mark Souder’s office Wednesday, but it was the presence of one oversized puppet that made the event stand out.

Congress sends Bush bill banning lead in children's products
7/31/2008
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Senate on Thursday passed and sent to the White House legislation that bans lead from children's toys and seeks to ensure that chemicals posing possible health problems will not end up on toys and articles that kids chew on and play with.

The Toxic Truth: USW report highlights devastating effects of bad trade policy
7/9/2008
Deadly medicine. Poisoned pet food. Lead-laced toys and steel. These are just a few of the dangerous side effects of a toxic trade crisis that is not only killing jobs, but endangering our families, exploiting workers around the world and hurting the environment. Read more about the impact in the USW's new report, "The Toxic Truth."

Consumer Safety Panel Weakened
7/3/2008
News that shower curtains might make people sick is alerting consumers to the problem of toxins in plastics. A recent report by the Center for Health, Environment and Justice found that some curtains –- sold at major chain stores like Bed Bath & Beyond, K-mart, Sears, Target and Wal-Mart -– contain high concentrations of toxic chemicals like phthalates. These have been linked to reproductive defects and developmental problems in infants.

Bills by Prince George's Lawmaker Arouse Tempers in China
6/22/2008
"It makes me feel good that I'm hitting on something," Hubbard said. "If there wasn't a problem, they wouldn't be spending this kind of money and the time they are to try and kill my bills."

Toxic Canada
6/21/2008
Few tests have been performed on Canadians to pinpoint and quantify the chemical pollutants accumulating in our bodies. But that is beginning to change.

Toxic Toy Legislation
6/19/2008
In an effort to clean up products that affect all of us, most importantly our children, the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act of 2008 has been introduced in Congress. Two identical bills were introduced in the United States Senate and House, House Bill (H.R. 6100) and Senate Bill (S.B. 3040), both identifiable through the title “Kid Safe Chemicals Act of 2008.”

Advocates ask lawmakers to ‘protect children,’ address ‘public health crisis’
6/17/2008
As the legislative session winds to an end, environmental, social justice, children’s advocacy and public health groups continued their campaign today to get legislators to pass legislation to protect children from toxic chemicals found in products, homes and schools.

Strong reforms needed for toy safety
6/15/2008
More than 46 million toys and children's products were recalled in 2007. Toys posing choking hazards, the risk of acute lead poisoning, toys containing magnets that could cause intestinal damage and even toys containing a "date rape" drug that left several children in comas for hours were pulled from store shelves.

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