The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with American Greetings Corp. of Cleveland, Ohio, is recalling about 60,000 DesignWare Confetti Bursts because the surface paint on the individual bags of confetti contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard. No injuries have been reported thus … [Read more...]
Fisher-Price Caught Red-Handed But Still Peddling Lead
The following is an email we received from Ed Mierzwinski, Federal Consumer Program Director of CoPIRG, a consumer rights advocacy group and watchdog in Colorado.Fisher-Price: Caught Red-handed, But Still Peddling LeadIt's one thing to have state pride, but quite another to have state bias when it comes to protecting kids from unsafe toys. … [Read more...]
Study Says Many Dangerous Toys Still on Shelves
As read on the Kroot Law Chicago website, a study just released by the Ecology Center, a non-profit organization based in Michigan, indicates that there are still many toys not-yet recalled that contain dangerous levels of lead.The report points to tests on more than 1,200 toys and products for children which showed that 35 percent of these … [Read more...]
Australian Toy Turns Into GHB Date Rape Drug
A very popular toy in Australia, Bindeez, is being recalled for a very strange, but serious reason. Two Australian children were hospitalized unconscious after swallowing some of the Bindeez beads, which got the attention of government officials and doctors, who discovered something very odd and troublesome: … [Read more...]
Mattel Announces Toy Recall
On November 6, 2007, Mattel Inc. recalled over 172,000 Fisher-Price kitchen toys because several children have choked and gagged on small, detachable parts. Mattel has received approximately 50 reports of small parts separating from these toys, which feature a sink, a refrigerator, and a range. One child choked on a detached piece and needed the … [Read more...]
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