Protect Our Kids – Stop Toxic Imports is a North American awareness campaign about the growing danger being created by toxic imports, unregulated globalization and the gutting of federal regulatory agencies.
The project will mobilize all activist entities of the United Steelworkers union, including Women of Steel; Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR); Health, Safety & the Environment; Associate Membership; Rapid Response; United Steelworkers Press Association (USPA); and Legislative.
They will help mount a series of national events in the U.S. and Canada that aim to get the lead and other dangerous products out of our homes while drawing attention to a broken regulatory system and unfair, unregulated trade policies that threaten our jobs and our families.
Plans include USW Safe Home Sessions across the U.S. and Canada; distribution of USW Get the Lead Out lead screening kits, and online resources including a petition calling on federal officials to fix this problem of toxic imports and unregulated trade.
Toy-testing regulations delayed
2/7/2009
Consumer Product Safety Commission clarifies rules on lead testing
1/14/2009
Parents' Wish List: Safer Toys
12/3/2008
Lead, other chemicals remain in many toys
12/3/2008
Safety first for holiday toys
12/3/2008
Group Urges Lawmakers To Enforce Ban On Chemicals In Toys
11/25/2008
Retracing the Path Toxic Powder Took To Food in China
11/8/2008
Soon-To-Be-Banned Plastic Toys Flooding the Market
10/24/2008
China to review food safety draft law
10/23/2008
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Center for Environmental Health
Information, Regulations and Guidance about Lead in Consumer Products
Labour Environmental Alliance Society