Published on OurFuture.org (http://www.ourfuture.org)
Thousands Say No to Toxic Toys

Dateline: 
October - November, 2007
Summary: 

Nancy Nord Must GoThe Campaign for America's Future delivered 85 pages of signatures from people across the country demanding the resignation of the acting chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Nancy Nord. The organization also produced a controversial YouTube video to highlight the failures of the CPSC and the conservative ideology governing the agency.

Nancy-Nord-no-110.jpgThe Campaign for America's Future on Tuesday delivered 85 pages of signatures from people across the country demanding the resignation of the acting chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Nancy Nord. A letter to Nord from America's Future co-director Robert L. Borosage accompanying the petitions said, "We hope you will do what's best for the safety of American families, acknowledge your failures and honorably step aside."

Also, our video [1] highlighting the dangers of toxic trade [2]—featuring a Barbie with "symptoms" from a one-night stand with Ken—has been featured by Fox News Channel [3], ABC News [4], The Washington Post [5] and the Associated Press [6].

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Links:
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cChD9K-5QKI
[2] http://www.ourfuture.org/toxic-trade
[3] http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312501,00.html
[4] http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/11/drunken-hookup.html
[5] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/23/AR2007112301798.html
[6] http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071121/mattel_toy_video.html