Sunday, February 18, 2007
No need to get the lead out
We are talking about kids here, and they don't vote or contribute, but the manufacturers and importers do. And that is why Our Dear Embattled Leader and His Dreadful Legions have given us this news fron CNN.
In 2005, when government scientists tested 60 soft, vinyl lunchboxes, they found that one in five contained amounts of lead that medical experts consider unsafe -- and several had more than 10 times hazardous levels.What wonderful people. They have even regulated the coverups.
But that's not what they told the public.
Instead, the Consumer Product Safety Commission released a statement that they found "no instances of hazardous levels." And they refused to release their actual test results, citing regulations that protect manufacturers from having their information released to the public.
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]
Post a Comment