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Senate Backs Product Safety Crackdown

Sweeping changes in consumer laws

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 7, 2008 2:45 AM CST

(Newser) – The Senate has passed a tough new product safety measure covering toys, household appliances and thousands of other products. It would ban lead in toys, increase civil penalties for hazardous products tenfold, enable more state regulation and create a database of dangerous items on the...   Read full story »

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