toy recall alert

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeanne,

We release our annual toy safety report today, and not a moment too soon!

Last week, at the behest of the Bush administration, the Consumer Product

Safety Commission -- the agency charged with keeping toys and other products

safe -- announced they would let manufacturers ignore Congress and allow

them to sell toys laden with toxic phthalates until they run out.

You helped us pass the bill to get these toys out of stores and out of the

hands of children. Don't let them roll back this landmark piece of

legislation.

Send an e-mail today to the CPSC. Tell them to protect kids, not chemical

companies.

http://www.NJPIRG.org/action/product-safety/protect-kids?id4=ES

The ban on children's toys containing phthalates was the centerpiece of the

landmark Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act legislation that you helped

pass in August. That law very clearly stated that all toys with

over-the-limit levels of phthalates would need to be off store shelves by

February, 2009.

In fact, our toy safety report found plenty of toys that exceeded the

phthalate (and lead) limit.[1]

It's bad enough that shoppers need to be on the lookout for dangerous toys

this holiday season. If the Bush administration gets its way, manufacturers

will keep selling existing toxic toys until they run out.

That could take years.

We're fighting back.

Please take a moment and urge the CPSC to protect kids, not toxic chemical

companies like Exxon Mobil.

http://www.NJPIRG.org/action/product-safety/protect-kids?id4=ES

Sincerely,

Cairo

NJPIRG Executive Director

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http://www.NJPIRG.org

P.S. You can download the report on our Web site.

[1] The new law limits these phthalates to a total of less than 0.6 percent

by weight in toys. Our EPA-certified lab tests found one toy that was nearly

half phthalates, nearly 47 percent toxic chemicals.