Democracynow.org: U.S. OK’d Exports of Unsafe Products.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is being accused of reckless hypocrisy following the disclosure it allowed thousands of products it deemed unsafe for Americans shipped overseas. According to the Sacramento Bee, ninety-six percent of more than a thousand companies that asked to export their products despite failing U.S. safety standards were given approval to ship. Thousands of those goods included toys violating the same child safety guidelines that led to last month’s massive recall of Chinese-made products. The toys were sent to countries including Venezuela and Jamaica. Experts say the shipments’ danger is higher in those countries because of fewer local resources for consumer protection and safety. The shipments were not announced at the time at they were made.