Full Text of SJR0064 093rd General Assembly
SJ0064 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Yo-Yo Waterballs are inexpensive, easily | 3 |
| accessible toys that pose a strangulation hazard and threaten | 4 |
| to the health of children; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Yo-Yo Waterballs are banned in France, the United | 6 |
| Kingdom, Luxembourg, Australia, Brazil, and Canada; and | 7 |
| Germany and New Zealand have issued warnings concerning Yo-Yo | 8 |
| Waterballs; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, The New York State Consumer Protection Board has | 10 |
| issued two warnings calling Yo-Yo Water Balls serious hazards | 11 |
| to kids and the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs & | 12 |
| Business Regulation calls Yo-Yo Waterballs a great risk to | 13 |
| children; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has | 15 |
| reported that Yo-Yo Waterballs pose a potential risk of | 16 |
| strangulation; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Consumer Reports rated Yo-Yo Waterballs as "not | 18 |
| acceptable" in the December 2003 issue; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission | 20 |
| reported that as of December 5, 2003, Yo-Yo Waterballs were | 21 |
| responsible for 262 reported health incidents, 193 of which | 22 |
| were coded as causing "Suffocation or Strangulation"; of those | 23 |
| 193 incidents, 52 resulted in serious breathing difficulties | 24 |
| that rendered the child unconscious and lifeless after | 25 |
| suffering from a lack of oxygen or broken blood vessels; and | 26 |
| WHEREAS, World Against Toys Causing Harm labeled Yo-Yo | 27 |
| Waterballs as one of the "10 Worst Toys" of 2003; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, A July 2, 2003 petition from New York's Empire |
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| State Consumer Association reported that the fluid inside the | 2 |
| balls is toxic and flammable; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission | 4 |
| reported that 24 children reported allergic reactions to the | 5 |
| fluid and it caused some to have trouble breathing; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, In spite of evidence concerning the danger to | 7 |
| children caused by Yo-Yo Waterballs, the U.S. Consumer Product | 8 |
| Safety Commission has refused repeated attempts towards | 9 |
| banning or recalling these dangerous toys; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 12 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that we recognize the serious threat of | 13 |
| Yo-Yo Waterballs to our children; and be it further | 14 |
| RESOLVED, That we urge the U.S. Consumer Product Safety | 15 |
| Commission to ban the sale of Yo-Yo Waterballs; and be it | 16 |
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| RESOLVED, That copies of the resolution be sent to the U.S. | 18 |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission and each member of the | 19 |
| Illinois congressional delegation.
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