In response to last week’s warning from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), advising consumers to immediately stop using Thomas the Tank Engine toys recalled due to toxic paint, the grassroots advocacy organization MomsRising is mobilizing parents and grandparents to say "Enough!"
Not surprisingly, moms don't like finding out that their children have been unknowingly exposed toxic Thomas toys at home, at preschool, at childcare for months - maybe years? - before this discovery was made and the recall issued. (And for the record, is there a kid anywhere in America who has NOT been in contact with the hottest toy on the market today??) Folks signing the MomsRising petition are simply urging members of Congress and CPSC make testing of children’s products for toxic chemicals more of a priority.
To sign the petition, click here.
For the CPSC’s current recall notice of the toxic Thomas toys, click here.
