From Thinkprogress:
With recent recalls of toys, jewelry, and other products made in China, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has come under intense public scrutiny lately. The New York Times notes that the agency “has hardly been a priority of the Bush administration“:
Under the Bush administration, which promised to ease what it viewed as costly rules that placed unnecessary burdens on businesses, industry-friendly officials have been installed at federal agencies that oversee the nation’s workplaces, food suppliers, environment and consumer goods. […]
The commission’s shrinking budget is just $62 million this year, even though the agency regulates an industry that sells $1.4 trillion annually. The Food and Drug Administration, which has a $2 billion budget, spends nearly twice as much monitoring the safety of animal feed and drugs than the Consumer Product Safety Commission spends to ensure the safety of products as diverse as toy, tools and televisions used every day by millions of Americans.
1 comment:
Hey, a few dead kids here and there should not stop profits.
Well, at least Americans now know that buying cheap crap from China is getting them cheap crap.
Somebody better watch what happens next so that junk from China is not mislabeled made in Mexico next. Or, make the parts in China and then assemble the stuff in the U.S. If anything has any parts made in China, I WANT TO KNOW!!!!!!
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