Schumer: Ban Toxic Metal From Toys
Reported by: WROC-TV
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 @04:50pm EST
Senator Charles Schumer was in Rochester on Wednesday, pushing a bill to ban the sale of children's products that contain a toxic chemical. The products are sold here in Rochester, and across the country.
An investigation found that some play jewelry, made in China, had the toxic metal cadmium in it. Exposure to cadmium is known to cause cancer and developmental problems. Manufacturers in China began using the metal when they were forced to stop using lead in their products.
Sen. Schumer was at a dollar store on Mt. Hope Avenue in Rochester, where the toys containing cadmium have been pulled from the shelves.
"It is just despicable that a manufacturer anywhere, in this case China, would use something that's known to be poisonous to children and put it in children's jewelry to save a few bucks," said Schumer.
Schumer said if legislation he penned passes, it will remove the toxic metal from children's products once and for all.
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