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• Industries Paid for Top Regulators' Travel

  Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Industries, Paid, For, Top, Regulators, Travel, Hal Stratton, Nancy Nord, China, New Orleans, Steve Coronado, Ann Brown, South Carolina, Hilton Head Island, Joan Lawrence, Julie Vallese, Pam Gilbert, Defense Research Institute, Spain, Toy Industry Association Inc, U S Office

  The chief of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and her predecessor have taken dozens of trips at the expense of the toy, appliance and children's furniture industries and others they regulate, according to internal records obtained by The Washington Post. Some of the trips were sponsored by ...

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• Industries Paid for Top Regulators' Travel

  Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Industries, Paid, For, Top, Regulators, Travel, Hal Stratton, Nancy Nord, China, New Orleans, Steve Coronado, Ann Brown, South Carolina, Hilton Head Island, Joan Lawrence, Julie Vallese, Pam Gilbert, Defense Research Institute, Spain, Toy Industry Association Inc, U S Office

  The chief of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and her predecessor have taken dozens of trips at the expense of the toy, appliance and children's furniture industries and others they regulate, according to internal records obtained by The Washington Post. Some of the trips were sponsored by ...

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• Toy-Safety Data Released On Web Site

  Published: December 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Toy Safety, Data, Released, Web, Site, California, Jeff Gearhart, Scott Wolfson, Tyrell Katz, Michigan, Amy Von Walter, Boston, Joan Lawrence, London, Nicky Garretty, Oakland, Rene Pimentel, Center For Environmental Health, Ecology Center, Ecology Center Of Ann Arbor, Ore

  Parents worried about toy safety after a record year of recalls can now look through a list of more than 1,200 items that a coalition of public interest groups has tested for lead and other harmful chemicals, though toy industry officials say the list may cause unnecessary alarm.

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