we need a stronger consumer product safety commission (CPSC) to keep unsafe toys out of stores, + a stronger food + drug administration (FDA) to protect us from unsafe food + drug imports. only 1% of imported toys, food + drugs are inspected. foreign manufacturers risk incurring our weak penalties, because they know there's a 99% chance they won't get caught. toy, food + drug recalls are now "voluntary" on the part of foreign manufacturers, that's why they are able to make toys with lead + sell them in america to compete with strictly inspected american made products.
(here's an additional video from the sierra club)
- 80% of toys are made in china
- 25 million+ toys were recalled this year (many for lead paint)
- 15 CPSC inspectors at ports nationwide inspect all imported products
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