Legislation that would ban lead in toys and give the Consumer Product Safety Commission more clout and resources got a step closer to becoming law Wednesday when the House of Representatives voted 424-to-1 to support the reform.

“The countdown to safer products has hopefully begun in earnest today with the bi-partisan House passage of sweeping product safety reforms," said Ami Gadhia, Policy Counsel with Consumers Union. "The Senate must also pass this legislation this week, and the President should sign on the dotted line so that the overhaul of the beleaguered CPSC can finally start. That's when consumers will start to have more confidence in the safety of the products they buy.” 

Learn more about the legislation and the consumer groups that support it from Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports.