Product safety database coming in March
The Consumer Product Safety Commission voted in November to launch a new product safety database aimed at informing citizens and providing more accountability for haphazard manufacturers.
It is just the latest example of a pro-consumer measure passed by the Democratic-controlled Congress. The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 will help keep harmful toys away from kids. According to SaferProducts.Gov, “selling recalled products is now unlawful. The law sets strict limits for lead in paint and for lead content. Additionally, three types of phthalates are permanently prohibited in certain toys and child care articles and three other phthalates are prohibited on an interim basis in certain child care articles and children’s products that can be placed in a child’s mouth.”
Surprisingly, the Nov. 24 vote by the CPSC was 3-2. Maybe the two members voting against considered the measure to be “anti-business,” or perhaps an “un-funded mandate.”
Michael Hays, the author of this post, is the communications chair of the Chester County Young Democrats and a borough council member in Spring City.
