A high number of Chinese-made toys and other gifts will be sold this holiday season.  Unfortunately, they come in a year already marked by lead-tainted toy trains, dolls coated with date-rape drugs, and a record number of other defective goods from China. 

 While these hazards have been well documented in the media, the threat has not passed.  AAM has just released a new report detailing why U.S. consumers face a continuing danger from unsafe imports.  Written by best-selling author and former Wall Street Journal editorial page writer Richard Miniter, Buyer’s Remorse: How America has Failed to see the Threat posed by Dangerous Chinese Goods and the Case for Safe Trade documents the dangers posed by unsafe Chinese imports and outlines steps that the U.S. government should take to keep Americans safe this holiday season.

Many Americans have become greatly concerned about safe products and the United Steelworkers (USW) have taken action by launching a “Stop Toxic Imports campaign.”  As part of the campaign, they’ve  has produced a video featuring Steelworker kids that focuses on protecting children from dangerous, imported products. 
 
Titled “Toxic Toys,” the video has been posted on YouTube and urges members of Congress to take immediate action to protect U.S. consumers from toxic products entering our country.

It’s an important message that should be placed front and center. As AAM director Scott Paul noted on CNBC earlier this week, no “free trade” agenda should be allowed to come before an emphasis on the safety of U.S. families.
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