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Product Recall: Pirates of the Caribbean Sleeping Bag

by Sandy Maple, Posted May 22nd 2008 5:03PM

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 4,100 Disney Pirates of the Caribbean Sleeping Bags. The zipper pull on the bag has been found to have high levels of lead in the paint, which can be hazardous if ingested. ...
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Product Recall: Lowe's children's storage bins

by Sandy Maple, Posted May 1st 2008 3:26PM

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 84,000 Children's Storage Bins due to excessive levels of lead in the paint. The bins were made in Taiwan (not China!) for Magus Industry Company and imported by L G ...
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Reebok to pay $1 million penalty for lead paint violation

by Sandy Maple, Posted Mar 18th 2008 2:36PM

Blaming China for all the lead-contaminated products they send to the U.S. is fair, I think. After all, they made the stuff, right? But what about the U.S. companies they make it for? The Consumer Product Safety Commission has promised to make these ...
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Some folk medicines contain lead

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jan 22nd 2008 2:27PM

Toys tainted with lead paint have received a lot of publicity lately and as a result, parents have become more aware of the dangers of exposure to toxic lead. And while lead paint is the most common source of lead poisoning in the United States, it ...
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Product Recall: fishing game

by Sandy Maple, Posted Dec 12th 2007 5:36PM

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 14,000 Fishing Games imported by Far East Brokers and Consultants Inc., of Jacksonville, Fla. The game has parts containing lead paint in excess of the the federal lead ...
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Product Recall: Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty earring sets

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jul 17th 2007 4:35PM

This product recall strikes me as a little odd. It involves only about 220 of these Disney princess earring sets sold at Wal-Mart stores in Florida. I just find it hard to believe that Uncas Manufacturing Company, of Providence, Rhode Island only ...
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Product Recall: Kmart silver stud earrings

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jun 13th 2007 1:31PM

Here we go again -- high levels of lead have been found in a product made in China. The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Crimzon Rose Accessories have announced a recall of silver stud earring sets sold exclusively at Kmart stores nationwide. ...
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