NRDC To Sue Government Over Toxic Toys
The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) sued the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) today for their failure to keep children's products containing phthalates off store shelves. Recently, the CPSC decided that even though a ban on some toxic children's products was passed, effective February 10, 2009, retailers could continue to stockpile and sell the products as long as they were manufactured before the ban date.A spokewoman for the CPSC, Julie Vallese, said the CPSC has to carry out the law as written and new standards have never applied to items produced before those items go into effect. Vallese added that "The authors of the legislation should have done their homework."
Phthalates are used to soften plastics and can interfere with the production of testosterone, causing reproductive abnormalities. For example, phthalates have even been linked to small penises in boys whose mothers were exposed to high levels.
Way to go NRDC. The last thing parents need are more toxic toys being dumped on the market.
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