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| House Unanimously Endorses Toy Safety Crackdown |
| Author: BY TOY INDUSTRY Post Date: 2008-02-26 |
Congress moved closer to slashing lead content in toys and devoting more government resources to product safety regulation, but final action was not expected until 2008.
After a surge of recalls of lead-tainted toys, many of them made in China, the House of Representatives voted 407-0 for a bill that would nearly eliminate lead in toys and boost funding for the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
A similar bill is moving through the Senate, but congressional aides said negotiations over language were still under way and a floor vote would not come until 2008.
"This bill has the toughest lead standards in the world for children's products," said Texas Republican Rep. Joe Barton in House floor remarks.
Consumer product safety grabbed the public spotlight and Congress' attention earlier this year amid scores of recalls of products by Mattel Inc, RC2 Corp and other companies due to excessive lead content and other hazards. |
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