PIRG’s Trouble in Toyland Page 2
Acknowledgements
Written by Elizabeth Hitchcock, Public Health Advocate with the U.S. PIRG Education Fund.U.S. PIRG Education Fund issues this report under a Creative Commons “some rightsreserved” license. You are free to copy, distribute or display the work for non-commercialpurposes, with attribution. For more information about this Creative Commons license, visithttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/. Cover photos: Shutterstock The author would like to thank Jeff Gearhart, Research Director for HealthyStuff.org and the Ecology Center, Brian Imus and Kate Lehman of Illinois PIRG, Fielding Huseth of Maryland PIRG, Charity Carbine of Vermont PIRG, Blair Anundson of Washington PIRG, Bruce Speight of Wisconsin PIRG,and Ed Mierzwinski and Brian Walker of U.S. PIRG for their help with the research and production of this report. Special thanks to the Colston Warne program of Consumers Union for supporting our work on consumer protection issues. Additional thanks to the Beldon Fund and individual contributors fortheir generous support of our work on environmental health and toxics issues.U.S. PIRG Education Fund: With public debate around important issues often dominated by specialinterests pursuing their own narrow agendas, U.S. PIRG Education Fund offers an independent voice that works on behalf of the public interest.U.S. PIRG Education Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization, takes on powerful interests on behalf of citizens, working to win concrete results for our health and our well-being. With a strong network of researchers,advocates, and organizers, we stand up to powerful special interests on issues such as stopping identity theft, fighting political corruption, providing safe and affordable prescription drugs, and strengthening voting rights.For a free copy of this report, visit our website. Or, for a hard copy of the report, send a check for $30made payable to U.S. PIRG Education Fund at the following address:U.S. PIRG Education Fund218 D St., 1
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