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• 2008-Aug-6 - US to take drastic measures on toys

Historic legislation that would remove toxic chemicals from toysand fund the policing of the safety of consumer goods is on theverge of becoming law.

  A report in 

The Washington Post

 states that the measure, approved by the Senate in an 89 to 3 votelast week and now awaiting President Bush's signature, representsthe most significant expansion of the Consumer Product SafetyCommission since it was created in 1973. The legislation's impacton consumers 'is vast and can't be underestimated,' said RachelWeintraub of the Consumer Federation of America. Lead, a toxicmetal, effectively will be banned from toys and children'sproducts. So will some phthalates, a class of chemicals in softplastic used in teething rings, pacifiers and other items thatinfants and toddlers put in their mouths. The phthalate mostcommonly used in children's products, diisononyl phthalate will bebanned for two years, pending a study.

 Full report in The Washington Post

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