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Safe enough? No.(FROM OUR PRESIDENT)
All is not right in the skies over America's playing fields. (All is not right with the playing fields either, but more on that in a minute.) More than a million remote-controlled toy helicopters were recalled in 2008; the problem is with the rechargeable batteries that power the copters, which can overheat, burn people, and start fires.
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Last holiday season, we w rote about the large number of recalls in 2007 due to high lead levels in toys and children's jewelry, and about Consumers Union's frustration over the fact that lead was still being used after decades of studies spelled out its dangers. (For an update, see "Look Out for Lead," page 14.)
New legislation will essentially eliminate lead in all children's products, require safety testing of toys before they hit the market, and give the Consumer Product Safety Commission more muscle and a bigger budget. AII good. But that doesn't mean we're in the clear.
New recalls
October saw another huge recall of cribs, almost 1.6 million, for a flaw that led to ...
- 200 playing fields sold off by Labour; How can this be justified ahead of...
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) July 29, 2009 700+ words
...more than 200 school and community playing fields, despite repeated promises to protect...policy of forcing schools to sell off playing fields to an end'. Opposition MPs said the...educational facilities. As well as the playing fields, more than 1,000 other smaller pieces...
- Call to save London's playing fields in run-up to Olympics.
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) July 26, 2006 700+ words
...force for London to stop the loss of playing fields in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics...three per cent of the national stock of playing fields. "This is a major factor in the levels...joined by representatives of the London Playing Fields Foundation and London Community Cricket...
- Keep off the grass: London's playing fields under threat.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 7, 2003 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of school playing fields are being sold off for development...the report "Keep Off the Grass - Playing Fields under Threat" show that councils have allowed 202 school playing fields to be built on in the last five...
- School playing fields sold off by Labour, Tories accuse.
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) July 30, 2009 700+ words
...election pledge not to sell off school playing fields after a survey revealed that more than...still approving the sale of school playing fields across the country despite a commitment...alternatives to selling off school playing fields but added that, in common with other...
- TAKE A FENCE!; Windfall makes school playing fields safe again.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) June 18, 2002 700+ words
...PUPILS will soon be able to use their playing fields in safety following a cash windfall...Lack of fencing has meant that the playing fields at Birmingham's Reaside Junior School...heightened by a subway which connects the playing fields to Reaside junior under New Inns Lane...
- Joy as playing fields spared.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) October 21, 2004 700+ words
...POPPY BRADY CONTROVERSIAL plans to turn playing fields into a giant car park during the building...that Edgbaston's Metchley Park Road playing fields could be used as a car park for 2...delighted at this decision because these playing fields are heavily relied on by local schools...
- PM puts playing fields at risk
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Fran Abrams Education Correspondent September 24, 1995 700+ words
...encouraging schools to sell off their playing fields despite his recent pledge that the...profits from the sale of their assets. Playing fields campaigners say the announcement may...Elsa Davies, director of the National Playing Fields Association (NPFA), said: "We...
- Giggs' school playing fields become political football.
- Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) August 18, 2009 700+ words
Byline: David James SCHOOL playing fields where Ryan Giggs kicked footballs...decision to sell part of the playing fields at Hywel Dda Infants school...Coun Goodway argued that the playing fields must be saved. He said...
