Toy safety report to be released in Mass.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- A Massachusetts consumer group is among groups nationwide set to release an annual report on toy safety.

The MASS Public Interest Research Group is scheduled Tuesday to release the 24th annual "Trouble in Toyland" report, plus a new mobile phone application that informs parents about toys the group calls dangerous.

The report will categorize toys based on choking hazards, those that are excessively loud and those containing toxic chemicals.

The Toy Industry Association announced last week the first products to be certified under the newly launched Toy Safety Certification Program. The group has said parents should not be, quote, "needlessly" frightened by "Trouble in Toyland" reports.

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