Historic legislation that would remove toxic chemicals from toys and put a more powerful and better-funded cop on the beat to police the safety of consumer goods is on the verge of becoming law.

The law is now awaiting the President’s signature and represents the most significant expansion of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) since it was created in 1973.  It also marks a fundamental shift in the federal government’s approach to protecting consumers from dangerous products: transforming a reactive stance to a preventive one by dealing with hazards before goods reach the marketplace, including products manufactured overseas.

The ban, which would tak effect in six months, would have significant implications for U.S. consumers, whos homes are filled with hundreds of plastic products designed for children that may be causing dangerous health effects.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103007.html