On October 12, 2005, ABC News reported:
"Babies who use plastic toys may be at risk later in life, according to a report released today that shows that many products used by babies and young children contain toxic chemicals. Phthalates and toxic flame-retardants were present in 18 of 25 products tested by the Environment California Research and Policy Center and U.S. PIRG Education Fund. The study was released today in San Francisco, as well as 21 other states. The report calls on a ban on the most toxic chemicals in children's products. There are currently no restrictions on these chemicals in children's products."
No kidding! This is something that has been known for years and years and it took someone until 2005 to even begin to do something about it. Well, for millions of people who gnawed on these toxic toys as tots, it's too little too late.
Two years later, almost to the day, on October 17, 2007:
California Bans Hazardous Chemical in Plastic Baby Toys. Why did it take two years between being informed of toxic baby toys and legislation actually being signed? I know politics can be a slow process, but fuck. Two years?
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