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Toy Safety

While most toys on store shelves are safe, we continue to find toys that pose a range of safety hazards to small children. Read more.

Protecting the food supply is a serious job. State and local governments are often the first line of defense against threats to the food supply, as they are more nimble and able to respond to consumer concerns. Read more.

Overview

When corporations try to cut corners or cover up mistakes consumers are put at risk.

MASSPIRG works to tilt the balance in favor of consumers publicizing product hazards and lobbying state lawmakers to pass safety measures like fire safe cigarettes.

MASSPIRG Executive Direct Janet Domenitz on WBZ-TV calling for a strengthened Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to end the oversights that resulted in millions of recalled products in the last year.

News

MASSPIRG Applauds US Senate Passage of Product Safety Bill: URGES SWIFT NEGOTIATIONS WITH HOUSE 3/07/2008

Another Toy Recall: Fun ‘N Safe Magnetic Dart Board set recalled as CPSC Calls Magnet Toys #1 on the “List of Deadly Dangers” 2/26/2008

Statement of Consumer and Scientific Groups On House Passage of CPSC Reform Bill 12/20/2007

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Reports

Trouble in Toyland: 21st Annual Toy Safety Survey 11/21/2006

The Food Safety Net: Ensuring Safe Food from Production to Consumption, April 2006 4/01/2006

Trouble in Toyland: The 20th Annual Survey of Toy Safety 11/22/2005

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Product & Food Safety