What's New
At 25 million toys and counting on the list of recent recalls that have spanned the food, pet food, prescription drug and consumer product sectors, it's time for a change. The Senate Commerce Committee recently voted unanimously to pass a bill that would give the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the agency responsible for ensuring the safety of over 15,000 products, greater authority and resources to protect the public from unsafe products. We applauded the move and are looking to the House Energy and Commerce Committee to do the same.
On Tuesday November 20th CALPIRG was joined by 5 members of congress and a member of the California state assembly at our annual Toy Safety press conference to call for better regulation of products by the CPSC. Congresswoman Susan Davis (San Diego), Congresswoman Lois Capps (Santa Barbara), Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (San Jose), Congressman Mike Honda (Campbell), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (Oakland), and Assemblywoman Fiona Ma (San Francisco) all spoke at events ranging from San Diego to Sacramento. Click here for a copy of the report.


