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Consumer watchdog finds recalled toys easy to buy online

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill
Published November 22, 2022 at 9:55 AM EST
U.S. Public Interest Research Group
Stuffed animals and action figures were among the toys MassPIRG investigators found for sale online despite having been recalled.

2022 "Trouble in Toyland" report highlights dangerous products on the market

Consumer advocates are warning holiday shoppers that dangerous recalled toys are still easy to buy online.

Investigators with the MassPIRG Education fund, shopping from a list of 16 recalled toys, were able to purchase half of them, sometimes in multiple quantities.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Dierdre Cummings, MassPIRG Consumer Program Director.
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The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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