Safety Chief Defends Record on Toys
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"Oh, gosh. You know, I'm tempted to answer that question rather fliply."
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As local kids make their holiday lists, parents might want to check them twice for potentially dangerous toys. Consumer advocates yesterday released a list of 61 toys they contend have deficient labeling or hazardous parts.
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Q&A: Iron Mountain CEO Richard Reese says many reports of storage tapes lost by the firm are false, and explains how companies can keep up with changing storage regulations.
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There are still lots of dangerous toys lurking on store shelves across the United States, says a nationwide survey released Tuesday by the US Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG).
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Toy makers are instituting tougher quality controls in China and elsewhere to try to avoid repetition of the  recalls that damaged the industry last year.
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China needs to effectively address its product safety problems, a US lawmaker said yesterday as the country launched a campaign to weed out unqualified manufacturers amid a global recall of Chinese-made toys.
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Concerns about toy safety since last summer's recalls, along with worries about the economy, have made shoppers more cautious and have resulted in generally sluggish toy sales. No retailer has as much at stake as Toys "R" Us Inc., the nation's largest specialty toy seller. In an interview with The Associated Press, Chairman and CEO Gerald L. Storch discusses toy recalls and details what the retailer and the industry are doing to make toys safer.
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Industry denies proven links between some chemicals and childhood illness, a senior WHO official tells the BBC.
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A safety precaution put in place for a thrill ride after a fatal accident three years ago wasn't being followed when a worker was killed on the same ride, an amusement park official acknowledged Saturday.
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Mattel Inc. CEO Robert Eckert sought Wednesday to tamp down public outrage over unsafe Chinese-made toys, acknowledging that his company made mistakes by not closely overseeing subcontractors in China.
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Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s chairman and chief executive Raymond Gilmartin yesterday defended his firm&#39;s handling of earlier health warnings about Vioxx and said he
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Mattel  has only itself to blame  for a huge toy recall that has stoked global alarm about  Chinese-made goods, state media said on Thursday, charging that  a slew of foreign safety scares had exposed a protectionist  agenda.
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The testimony came as Mattel said it had found lead levels in paint in recalled toys that were almost 200 times the accepted safety ceiling.
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A Chinese tyre firm defends its safety record after US regulators order a recall of its goods.
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As the holiday season gears up, consumer advocates are again warning parents to do their homework and be vigilant about keeping dangerous toys out of the hands -- and mouths -- of kids.
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The head of the Food and Drug Administration on Monday strongly defended his agency&#39;s oversight of a flu vaccine factory that was abruptly closed down last week because of safety concerns.
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WASHINGTON - Grim-faced and humble, federal regulators and toy companies had no shortage of solutions for a rash of toy recalls that have left parents anxious and Congress angry.