CPSC to boost toy inspections at ports
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After an unprecedented year of toy recalls, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is adding staff at the nation's busiest ports and pledging to work more closely with U.S. Customs to stop suspect imports and identify potential hazards before toys hit the market.
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A new initiative seeks to improve old products.
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The EU industry chief unveiled plans  on Friday to revise the bloc's toy safety standards with a ban  on some chemicals and on packaging toys as giveaways with foods  such as sweets or cereals.
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Assembly government ministers issue advice to childcare professionals on spotting child trafficking.
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Wal-Mart officials said yesterday they were asking toy suppliers to submit recent safety documentation or re-test their products in response to the wave of recalled merchandise from China that has cast a shadow over the upcoming holiday shopping season.
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The Prince George's County Council will consider additional public dollars for the $2 billion National Harbor development, where construction is already well underway.
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Toy safety should be at the top of your list when you select Christmas presents for children. Claudia McCormick, program director of the trauma center at the Duke University
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By Jon W. Glass, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 24--NORFOLK -- Marine Hydraulics International Inc. plans more dredging to expand operations at its Lamberts Point shipyard.
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Panama asked the International Maritime Organization on Monday for an audit of its 7,000 ships, the largest fleet in the world, to help it improve security and environmental controls.
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The educational toy specialist has some new key hires to turn it around.
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SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed three bills that would increase curbs on cruise ship pollution near the California coastline.
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A reminder from the government: check those holiday shopping lists to make sure no recalled children's toys are on them.
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HALIFAX (CP) - Three experts in high-voltage electrical cables have been asked to inspect the wiring on HMCS Chicoutimi and test several theories as to the cause of last month's deadly submarine fire, the military said Sunday.
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Responding to the outcry over dangerous imports from China and other unsafe toys, the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission is preparing regulatory proposals that could mandate broader inspections of imports and stiffer penalties for ignoring safety rules.
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Ministers hint new controls needed to prevent children being exposed to harmful material.
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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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Consumer group warns of toy safety hazards in new report -- While shoppers will be eagerly snapping up toys for their children this holiday season, one consumer advocacy group is urging vigilance before parents spend a single dollar.