A lot of things come across the transom here at the FlashReport, but when I saw this release, I thought it was worth a mention.
You will all be happy to know that Dianne Feinstein is so anxious to protect our children that she now wants to ban certain chemicals that are used in the making of toys. Specifically, it’s a chemical used to make toys flexible. Apparently she wants all toys to be — inflexible. What a kill-joy.
Of course she is doing this because the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has said This chemical is dangerous, right? WRONG. Actually, it’s the opposite. They actually spent four years studying the chemical and found "no demonstrated health risk" from its use in toys and "no justification" for banning its use.
The Consumers for Competitive Choice, the organization that put out the release, makes the point that if you ban tested and safe chemicals, then you go towards the direction of toys being made with potentially harmful chemicals.
So you have to ask, "Why is the Senator trying to do this?"
I think it is because she hates toys.