In a welcome change of direction, the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) has shifted their focus to consumer products safety. They dispelled rumors that the popular Zhu Zhu pets are hazardous after yesterday's antimony scare, and released an advisory warning of fires, falling toy-stuffed stockings attached to mantle pieces with heavy metal or brass stocking holders, and other actual dangers commonly posed by holiday decorations.
"Contrast this with alarmist warnings about toxic chemicals in toys, and you see that this is actually useful information," says ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross. "Two cheers for the CPSC for diverting themselves from their recent, single-minded devotion to warning parents of phthalates and insignificant amounts of lead in toys, which pose no health threat whatsoever."
