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Today's Fresh Blogs...| 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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| CBS's Storm: 'Why Even Buy Toys' for Christmas? |
| Published: November 20, 2007, 12:43 pm |
| Tags: Business Coverage, Government Agencies, Regulation, Hannah Storm, Julie Vallese, 60 Minutes, Early Show |
| on the case. Joining us is Julie Vallese, spokeswoman for the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Good morning, Julie. JULIE VALLESE: Good morning. Nice to see you, Hannah. STORM: Nice to see you. You guys have issued your top five toy hazards, but lead is not on the list. Why not with all the lead recalls this year? VALLESE: Lead is an |
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| There She Goes, Flying Off to Japan |
| Published: November 23, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: There, She, Goes, Flying, Off, Japan, Nancy Nord, Julie Vallese, Hal Stratton, Ministry Of Economy Technology And Industry, The Washington Post Company, Elizabeth Williamson, Quin Dodd, Japanese National Institute Of Technology And Evaluation, U S Consumer Product S |
| It's Black Friday, the end of a dark week for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which issued more hazardous-product recalls, fended off continuing criticism and issued its own guide to an ever-shorter list of safe holiday gifts for children. |
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| Goodbye to Bob |
| Published: January 5, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Goodbye, Bob, Robert L Hundemer, United States, Julie Vallese, Nancy Nord, Fisher Price Inc, Dick Durbin, Cbs Corporation, The New York Times Company, Gaithersburg, Springfield, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| Bob has dropped his last toy. Robert L. Hundemer, the man who unwittingly became a symbol of the nation's underfunded product safety system, retired Thursday after more than 25 years of government service. In the midst of last year's toy recalls, Hundemer, an engineering technician with the Consu... |
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| Senators Propose Ban on Chemical in Plastics |
| Published: April 30, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Senators, Propose, Ban, Chemical, Plastics, Food And Drug Administration, John Dingell, Julie Vallese, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Charles Schumer, Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Robert Menendez, National Institutes Of |
| Senate Democrats introduced a bill yesterday that would ban a controversial chemical found in plastics from all products made for infants and children up to age 7 and would direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study the health risks the chemical may pose to both children and... |
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| Senators Propose Ban on Chemical in Plastics |
| Published: April 30, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Senators, Propose, Ban, Chemical, Plastics, Food And Drug Administration, John Dingell, Julie Vallese, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Charles Schumer, Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Robert Menendez, National Institutes Of |
| Senate Democrats introduced a bill yesterday that would ban a controversial chemical found in plastics from all products made for infants and children up to age 7 and would direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study the health risks the chemical may pose to both children and... |
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