Feb 14, 2008jmilesUncategorized
Joseph Pereira, The Wall Street Journal Click here to download a pdf of this article. After recalling millions of toys to protect consumers from lead paint, toy makers face growing pressure over another material, a plastic found in myriad playthings, from balls to...
Feb 11, 2008Ruben DiazUncategorized
February 11, 2008
Center for Environmental Health finds baby products from Target and Babies R Us contaminated with lead.
Jan 25, 2008jmilesUncategorized
Marc Lifsher, Leslie Earnest, and Victoria Kim, The Los Angeles Times Click here to download a pdf of this article. Stores pull items from shelves after a state investigation and tests find they contain levels far above the legal limit. Stores across California...
Nov 20, 2007Ruben DiazUncategorized
November 20, 2007
Michael Khoo,
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Nov 15, 2007jmilesUncategorized
Theo Milonopoulos, The Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Mother knows best, even when it comes to lead contamination. Multiple children's products — including backpacks, rain ponchos and vinyl lunchboxes — tested positive for high levels of lead...
Nov 13, 2007Ruben DiazUncategorized
November 13, 2007
Oct 25, 2007jmilesUncategorized
Robert Manor and Eric Benderoff, The Chicago Tribune, Business Companies under fire for importing lead-contaminated toys revealed in letters made public Tuesday that it can take the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission a month or longer to announce the recall of a...
Oct 25, 2007jmilesUncategorized
Rhys Blakely, The Times, October 16, 2007 Environmentalists have threatened to sue Apple if it does not make its iPhone a "greener" product or tell consumers of the toxins allegedly used in the device's manufacture. The Centre for Environmental Health...
Oct 25, 2007jmilesUncategorized
staff reporters; Tribune staff reporters Maurice Possley and Ameet Sachdev contributed to this report, Tribune The hundreds of thousands of lunchboxes given away by state health officials were designed to promote healthful habits, bearing slogans such as "Eat...
Oct 25, 2007jmilesUncategorized
Charles Margulis, The Washington Post It seems odd to suggest that concerns about lead in children's toys are "misplaced" simply because there are also other risks in toys [Business, Sept. 12]. Design flaws can always occur, but since sources of lead are...
