150 Million Pieces of Toy Jewelry Are Cited for Lead Content in Largest Government Recall

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Toy jewelry imported from India by A.A. Global Industries, Brand Imports ,Cardinal Distribution Co., and L.M. Becker has been found to contain dangerous amounts of lead. They are mostly sold in vending machines. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has ordered the toys recalled.

author: Labaton, Stephen
Product standards, safety, & recalls, Product information, Game, Toy, and Children's Vehicle Manufacturing, Vending Machines, Automatic Vending Machine Manufacturing, Games, toys, and children's vehicles, Toys, Automatic vending machines, Toys and Sporting Goods, Toys & Sporting Goods, Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing, Product defects and recalls, Patient outcomes, Risk factors, Trading companies, Lead poisoning, United States. Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Senate Votes To Restore Media Limits

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The Senate repeals Federal Communications Commission rules on media ownership and increases fines for violating decency standards.

author: Labaton, Stephen
Discipline, Monopolistic competition, Decency standards

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Media Ruling Merely Irritates Big Owners

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A federal appeals court reverses the Federal Communications Commission's recent efforts to relax media ownership prohibitions.

author: Carter, William Eugene
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Company legal issue, Cases

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subjects list: United States, Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, United States. Federal Communications Commission, Mass media industry
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