US House of Rep's Passes New Bill for Toy Safety Regulation
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Dec 20, 2007 at 12:33am CST
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"The House's bill would require a gradual reduction of lead content in children's products, with the limit going down to 100 parts per million effective four years after enactment."
Stricter regulations may cause toys in general to go up in price as it will be the corporations and factories that will have to monitor the products more closely.
"It would also require manufacturers to include tracking labels on products to speed recalls of toys for children aged 12 and younger, while mandating independent safety testing of toys by labs accredited by the CPSC."
Again, more costs. Transformers are marketed to the 5-12 age range. Also, the tracking labels on products does not state whether the labels will be just on the packaging of the products. Since most people do not keep their boxes, could we see additional markings showing up on the toys themselves?
"The bill would steadily increase the CPSC's budget to $100 million by fiscal 2011. Plus, it would raise penalties for failing to cooperate with the CPSC to $10 million from the current $1.25 million, while giving the beleaguered agency $20 million to modernize its toy-testing laboratory."
Currently, the Senate is also looking into the bill as well. We'll keep you posted regarding this bill as it moves from the Senate to the White House.
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Re: US House of Rep's Passes New Bill for Toy Safety Regulation
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!?!CLIVE BARKER MADE A GAME!?!
He's a B Movie King, so long as there's a side game that has him smack Stephen King around then the two of them gang up on Dean Koontz, get it
And if not just go rent NightBreed
Comment by Liege Evilmus
Jan 1, 2008
!?!CLIVE BARKER MADE A GAME!?!
He's a B Movie King, so long as there's a side game that has him smack Stephen King around then the two of them gang up on Dean Koontz, get it
And if not just go rent NightBreed
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Comment by Senor Hugo
Jan 2, 2008
Well, I haven't played it yet, but according to most video game magazines and websites, the general consensus on the game seems to be "Clive Barker should be ashamed for putting his name on this."
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Comment by Grahf
Jan 3, 2008
By all means, pass on it. I'm a huge Clive Barker fan, but this just doesn't do it for me. The graphics are ok, but that is about it. The squad mechanics are horrible, and the game isn't fun at all. I'd say take the money that you would rent this with and buy one of his books.
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Comment by Venomous Prime
Jan 4, 2008
It wasn't that bad 
