October 30, 2007
Halloween Memo: Beware Of Lead
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is in hot water again on Capitol Hill following the latest round of product recalls, this time focused on toys and accessories associated with Halloween.
The agency recently recalled what Agence France-Presse described as "a record number of products for lead violations, including buckets to collect 'treats' and costume teeth for children for the fun festival."
The recalls coincided with a scathing report [PDF] from liberal advocacy group Campaign For America's Future that calls for a drastic overhaul of the systems used to vet products imported from China, the origin of most of the contaminated items that have been recalled in recent months.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, today called for CPSC Chairwoman Nancy Nord's resignation, citing her failure to offer a "plan that would adequately equip the CPSC to do its job" in the wake of multiple product safety scares.
