On Tuesday, Healthystuff.org released the results of their 2009 testing of thousands of toys on store shelves for dangerous chemicals. While the report does suggest that the toy industry has made some progress in reducing the percentage of toys with some dangerous chemicals like lead, the report shows that contamination continues to be widespread and suggests that consumers should do more checking to see if specific items have been found to contain dangerous amounts of certain chemicals

As part of their annual "Trouble in Toyland" report, the Illinois Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) announced on Tuesday that they have created an interactive website and smart phone tool that will allow consumers to report potentially dangerous toys. As part of their efforts they also produced a shoppers guide designed to help parents identify dangerous toys.