I suspect that like me, you are living under the illusion that the Consumer Product Safety Commission is actually there to protect us from possible dangers in hazardous products. Well time to wake up and smell the lead.
Seems the head of the CPSC, Nancy Nord, has taken dozens of trips all paid for my the companies she is supposed to regulate. The Washington Post details the trips to places like Hilton Head Island, San Francisco and Hong Kong. That last one was funded by the American Fireworks Standards Laboratory to the tune of $11,000 and funny how this alleged “American” group has only one lab, in Asia!
Yup, the foxes are running the hen house and we are all the hens! Think our products are safe? Ask Mattel about lead paint. Regulation is a thing of the past and under the Bush appointees, industry calls the shots.
Though food is the job of the FDA, the story over there is pretty much the same. And add to the latest recall list 414,000 cases of Totino’s and Jeno’s Pizzas, tainted with our old friend E-Coli. Bon Appetite!
Note: This is my 1000th blog entry. Does anybody read this stuff? If so let me know!
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Hardy you know what they say the more things change the more they stay the same in this admin anyway. Congrats on 100o posting
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