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January 05, 2008
Bob, nation's lone toy tester, moves on
In the Washington Post, reporter Annys Shin has a nice ode -- Goodbye to Bob -- on the retirement of the CPSC's Robert L. Hundemer, more well-known as "Bob, the only toy tester." We hope that the Senate moves quickly to complete the job of rebuilding the CPSC, replacing Bob and adding to our lines of defense against imported and other dangerous consumer products.
Of course, a few other other people in the CPSC's "rodent-infested" lab test toys at least some of the time. And the CPSC does have somewhere between 75 and 90 people that inspect consumer products in the field at least some of the time. Heck, a full 15 of those guard our nation's hundreds of ports of entry. But we need more people who test and inspect toys all of the time, especially now that Bob's moving on.
Posted by Ed Mierzwinski at January 5, 2008 07:39 AM
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