Lead-poisoning experts are encouraged by a new requirement that all Iowa children be tested for the problem before they enter kindergarten, but they hope families will move faster than that.

There are plenty of signs that FIO 360 isn't the typical day care center, but perhaps most telling are the blue slippers visitors wear to keep out chemicals they might track in on their shoes.

The final day of July 2008 may go down in history as the moment the tides of democracy shifted away from corporate cronyism and back to the people.

A statewide initiative to raise awareness about lead poisoning is gaining strength in the tri-county area as Gloucester County officials announced on Tuesday they were joining in the effort to pass out free ...

Congress is poised to pass legislation reauthorizing the Consumer Product Safety Commission , giving it more money and new authority.

The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a bill that bans lead from children's toys and other products.

President Bush signed into law today legislation giving federal regulators more muscular power and additional funds to protect children from lead and other hazards.

WASHINGTON, July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this afternoon in support of H.R. 4040, the Conference Report on Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act.

By Annys Shin Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, August 1, 2008; Page A14 Historic legislation that would remove toxic chemicals from toys and put a more powerful and better-funded cop on the beat to police ...

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A recently passed federal ban on a chemical used in children's toys will be felt in Texas, where several major plastics makers have plants that make the chemical.

With 20 entrepreneurs in the 2008 Forbes.com "Boost Your Business" contest, an eco-friendly board game distributor releases statistics on its products' environmental savings.

The CPSC is urging parents and caregivers to immediately stop using convertible "Close Sleeper and Bedside Sleeper" bassinets made by Simplicity, Inc., of Reading, PA after learning this month of the death of a ...

Parents on edge about all those toy recalls can now breathe a sigh of relief, thanks to a new law that's not only changing the way toys are made but...

The number of recalls of toys and children's products is up 22% over the first half of last year, despite industry promises last year to solve the problems that made 2007 the "year of the recall," according to ...

Toy safety will be in the spotlight this week when President Bush signs a new bill that virtually eliminates lead and six other chemicals, including phthalates, from toys.

Environmentally conscious toymaker ImagiPLAY is a business whose time has finally come, says founder and owner Barbera Aimes, whose Boulder-based company just inked a deal to sell its toys at Whole Foods stores ...

Yamaha Motor Co. and Polaris Industries Inc. , makers of all-terrain vehicles, are among the few companies who claimed victory with congressional passage of a measure to tighten consumer safety rules.

CBNNews.com - A bill aimed at improving toy safety appears headed for the President's desk.

Ask any parent and they'll tell you there's nothing more important than keeping their children safe.