Safer Toys Will Come, but Parents Can Act Now

What you can do.

What you can do.

August 18, 2008 12:54 PM ET | Nancy Shute | US News & World Report

Good news for parents—last Thursday President Bush signed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the biggest effort in the past 30 years to protect children from dangerous toys and products.

This comes after a horrendous 2007, when millions of children's toys were recalled for containing toxic amounts of lead, potentially lethal magnets, and other hazards.

Here's what the new law does:

 

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