Senator Asks FDA to Investigate Shopping Bags with Excessive Lead
On November 15, 2010, Senator Schumer (D) called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to investigate and ban reusable shopping bags that contain higher than acceptable levels of…
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lead. According to Senator Schumer, many of these popular bags are manufactured in China and sold to grocery stores, who then sell them to customers. Senator Schumer (D) is asking federal agencies to investigate and ban any reusable bags sold to grocery stores and retailers that are found to have high levels of lead in them.