Consumer commission sued over chemicals in toys

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Hi All,

Although the following does concern toxic tort, this is more of a personal

FYI for those that will be buying toys in the next few weeks.

Sharon

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two public advocacy groups sued the U.S. Consumer

Product Safety Commission on Thursday, saying the commission is acting

unlawfully

by not planning to fully implement a new ban on toys containing toxic

chemicals.

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan says that, contrary to

a new ban that goes into effect February 10, 2009, the CPSC has decided to

allow chemical-laden toys and child-care products manufactured before that

date to be sold at stores.

The ban involves products containing types of phthalates, plastic-softening

chemicals linked by some medical research to health problems including

abnormal reproductive development in children. The CPSC is charged with

implementing the new ban.

The commission's policy " will cause both direct harm to individuals exposed

to these chemicals in children's products and consumer confusion about which

products sold in stores comply with the phthalate ban, " said the lawsuit,

filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Public Citizen.

The lawsuit seeks to rescind the CPSC's decision and apply the ban to all

children's toys and products sold after February 10, regardless of what date

they were manufactured.

CPSC spokesman Vallese told Reuters that the commission is enforcing

the law that Congress wrote.

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>Thanks for this post. I just forwarded a site to my daughter re her

baby-it's called healthytoys.org and it tests hundreds of popular toys

for lead, bromine, etc.

Fully ONE THIRD of the toys tested were way over the limit in lead

content and other harmful toxins. This is a nightmare as far as I'm

concerned!

A recent news article stated that 1/4 of all Americans have some kind

of mental problem! I really really believe this is caused by the

toxins in the products we surround ourselves with every day!

Americans are going to get sicker and sicker if we don;t wake up to

this threat.

Happy holidays to all! Surella

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I believe toxic chemicals is also the cause of the surge of asthma in

children which could be from toys, clothes, or building products. llaci