Settlement Ends Health Threat from Cadmium-Tainted Jewelry
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Saks, Target, and More Than Twenty Others Agree to Strict Limit on Cadmium in Jewelry
Largest Compliance Monitoring Program Demonstrates Children’s Product Safety Law is Working
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CEH Urges Congress: Don’t Weaken Our Commitment to Protecting Children from Lead
April 7, 2011
Consumer Watchdog Urges CPSC Back to the Drawing Board on Cadmium in Children’s Products
Toy jewelry, furniture and other children’s products violate federal safety standards
How Art Thou Wrong, Ms. Northup? Let Me Count the Ways
In my recent letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal, I responded to Ann Northup, a commissioner of the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), who wrote a misleading editorial in The Journal, opposing new federal legislation that protects children...A Kerfuffle About Mr. Squiggles
No, it’s not the title of an unpublished Dr. Seuss book. According to the Good Guide, the hottest toy of the holiday shopping season, the Zhu Zhu, may have illegal levels of antimony, a chemical linked to headaches, nausea, wheezing, and damage to the kidneys, liver,...A Back-to-School Warning: Some Supplies Still Contain Toxic Risks
Pencil pouches and a backpack are the latest kids’ products found with lead by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), which today initiated legal action to eliminate these health threats. Our legal action coincides with the release of a PVC-Free...Center for Environmental Health Challenges Big Business to Create a Healthier World (Oakland Mag)
Noelle Robbins, Oakland Magazine, May 2, 2008 Ask parents about lead in toys, and many may share horror stories of Christmas 2007, when, rife with anxiety, they sought safe, nontoxic gifts for their children. Ask Target, Wal-Mart and Toys ‘R' Us officials,...Should Consumers Trust Toy Retailers Again? (San Jose Mercury Times)
Mike Antonucci, San Jose Mercury Times Click here to download a pdf of this article. The impact of last year's blazing headlines about dangerous toys remains powerful. But in the absence of immediate new national safety guarantees, it's at least...Nonprofit Finds Big Problems in Kids’ Products (Oakland Tribune)
Douglas Fischer, The Oakland Tribune Click here to download a pdf of this article. The danger sat silent in a tube of diaper rash ointment, awaiting its application to a baby's chaffed and broken skin. Mixed with the protective zinc and soothing aloe lurked lead,...More Headphone Cords Found in Violation of California Toxics Law
January 14, 2008
Following Testing of Apple Headphone Cords, New Tests Show High Levels of Phthalates in Plantronics and iRun Cords.