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Toys Are Safer This Holiday Season, Due to Stronger Safety Rules
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ACCORDING TO JUST-RELEASED FIGURES FROM THE U-S CONSUMER PRODUCT
SAFETY COMMISSION, OVER 181-THOUSAND CHILDREN UNDER 15 YEARS OF
AGE WERE TREATED IN U-S HOSPITAL EMERGENCY-DEPARTMENTS, LAST YEAR, DUE
TO TOY-RELATED INJURIES. AND, REPORTED TOY-RELATED DEATHS TO
CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 15 INCREASED, TO 17, IN 2010--COMPARED WITH 15, IN
2009. NEARLY HALF OF THESE TOY-RELATED FATALITIES WERE ATTRIBUTED
TO CHOKING ON BALLOONS, SMALL BALLS, AND RUBBER BALLS. AS WE HEAD
INTO THE HOLIDAY-SEASON, C-P-S-C CHAIRMAN, INEZ [LONG
"I"; AS IN "EYE"] TENENBAUM [AS IN "TENANT" AND "TANNENBAUM"],
SAYS THAT--WHILE SAFETY SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF EVERYONE'S
TOY-LIST--STRONGER FEDERAL-RULES ARE MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT...
(TENENBAUM):
"PARENTS CAN
SHOP--AND CHILDREN CAN PLAY--WITH CONFIDENCE, THIS HOLIDAY-SEASON:
THE C-P-S-C HAS PUT IN PLACE THE STRONGEST LEAD-LIMITS IN THE WORLD; HAS
MADE ALL TOY-STANDARDS MANDATORY; AND IS REQUIRING INDEPENDENT,
THIRD-PARTY TOY-TESTING. STRONG TOY-STANDARDS SUPPORT THE
PRODUCTION OF SAFER TOYS IN THE MARKETPLACE--AND SAFER TOYS HAVE LED TO
A CONTINUED DECLINE IN RECALLS, SINCE 2008: THERE WERE 34
TOY-RECALLS, IN FISCAL YEAR 2011. THAT'S DOWN FROM 46 TOY-RECALLS,
IN FISCAL YEAR 2010; 50 RECALLS, IN 2009; AND 172 RECALLS, IN 2008.
IN 2011, TOY-RECALLS RELATED TO LEAD CONTINUE TO BE LOW, AT FOUR--DOWN
FROM 19, IN 2008. HOWEVER, PARENTS AND TOY-SHOPPERS ALWAYS NEED TO
BE VIGILANT, BY CHOOSING AGE-APPROPRIATE TOYS--AND BY KEEPING SMALL
PARTS, BALLS, AND BALLOONS OUT OF THE HANDS OF YOUNG CHILDREN."
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