let's hear from inez tenenbaum on the mercury light bulbs. guest: of light bulbs that pose a hazard that contain mercury, we would like for you to report it to us. . is saferproducts.gov. -- our website is saferproducts.gov. you can give us information about it. also, i will go back to the consumer product safety commission and ask our scientists about the prevalence of mercury light bulbs in the marketplace to make sure we are doing everything we can to make sure children are not exposed to mercury. host: have they been addressed or is this something that is on your radar? guest: we certainly address mercury light bulbs than any other light bulbs. our mission is to protect consumers from a product. we are constantly looking at the marketplace, and any reports of harm, or if we look at the product and realized it could cause harm, we can work with the manufacturer and recall the product. lightbulbs, batteries, we do look at products like that. host: are you a passive agency? do you wait for people to come to you with complaints? do you go out

let's hear from inez tenenbaum on the mercury light bulbs. guest: of light bulbs that pose a hazard that contain mercury, we would like for you to report it to us. . is saferproducts.gov. -- our website is saferproducts.gov. you can give us information about it. also, i will go back to the consumer product safety commission and ask our scientists about the prevalence of mercury light bulbs in the marketplace to make sure we are doing everything we can to make sure children are not exposed to mercury. host: have they been addressed or is this something that is on your radar? guest: we certainly address mercury light bulbs than any other light bulbs. our mission is to protect consumers from a product. we are constantly looking at the marketplace, and any reports of harm, or if we look at the product and realized it could cause harm, we can work with the manufacturer and recall the product. lightbulbs, batteries, we do look at products like that. host: are you a passive agency? do you wait for people to come to you with complaints? do you go out

theshington journal," chairman of the consumer product safety commission, inez tenenbaum.et's start with something that tes to pop up with the cpsc -- baby cribs. what is it about them that generates a recall action? guest: we have nohad a new crib standard in 30 years. in 2010, we cannot with the first new cr -- we came out with standard.t new crib it has to undergo a test that will challenge whether or not is strong enough to be moved in a nursery without coming apart. what has happened in years past, we have learned of a number of deaths where the dropside became detached foro the crib. we recalled millions of them, the various manufacturers, to get them either of the market or either have a retrofit kit to it would keep the dropside form moving and kp the cribs safer. we now have a new standard in all the cribs sold after june 2011. the new cribs will be on the market in june. host: when there is a recall issued, is it always voluntary? guest: almos all of the hours are voluntary because we work with industry to issue these recalls. if manufacturers or retailers know o