Amazon must remove toxic school supplies, kids’ jewelry from US marketplace

Re:Amazon must remove toxic school supplies, kids’ jewelry f... by JumpCrisscross on Friday May 10, 2019 @07:46AM (#19876849)

> they would do the sampling and fine companies a meaningful percent of profit

There is a role for a non-profit here to test products, publicise the results and potentially even bring cases to court against Amazon as a funding strategy. Barring that, propose a bill for your state watchdog to your state legislator. Waiting around for governments to care about random issues isn’t how any system works.

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Re:Amazon must remove toxic school supplies, kids’ jewelry f... by EliRivers on Friday May 10, 2019 @08:04AM (#19876943)

Or perhaps a for-profit. Make a living independently finding and bringing cases against companies selling illegal products.

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Re:Amazon must remove toxic school supplies, kids’ jewelry f... by dTal on Friday May 10, 2019 @08:46AM (#19877184)

Without tangible personal damages, would you have standing to sue?

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Re:Amazon must remove toxic school supplies, kids’ jewelry f... by TheCoelacanth on Friday May 10, 2019 @04:37PM (#19881999)

Standard class action model. You find a few people who do have standing to sue and get them to agree to be represented by you.

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Re:Amazon must remove toxic school supplies, kids’ jewelry f... by sevensor on Friday May 10, 2019 @08:39AM (#19877139)

> There is a role for a non-profit here to test products, publicise the results

Does Consumers' Union still do stuff like this?

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