Tell Congress: Get ALL the lead out of kids' toys
The day after we released our 22nd annual "Trouble In Toyland" report
last week, the CPSC issued recalls for over 500,000 pieces of jewelry
due to excessive lead content. Some of the jewelry involved turned out
to be more than 50 percent lead by weight Congress needs to toughen
lead limits and improve product safety. You can help by telling
committee leaders that they need to strengthen the bill they're
considering right now, and to follow the advice of our allies, the
American Academy of Pediatrics. Sign the letter below to tell Congress to get all the lead out of toys. Letter Text:Dear Chairman Dingell, Chairman Rush and Reps. Barton and Stearns,
Thank you for quickly moving legislation to improve product safety and strengthen the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
But
much more can be done. We urge you to close the exceptions in HR 4040
and set a final goal of 40 parts per million for lead in all children’s
products, as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
And because news stories and reports keep showing that
illegal levels of lead occur in all kinds of children’s products, you need to
do more to hold companies accountable. Your bill only increases penalties on
companies that break product safety laws to $10 million. That’s not enough to
stop these giant companies from breaking the law, so please increase the
penalties in your bill to $100 million to match the Senate bill.
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