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Toy Army Figures - Product Recall

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 5,400 Army Figures due to high levels of lead in the paint on their little plastic faces. The figures were made in China for OKK Trading of Los Angeles and sold at ...

Toxic Toy Report Released

Just in time for your holiday shopping, the Ecology Center and Healthy Toys have released their 2nd annual consumer guide to toxic chemicals in toys. That such a guide should even exist is disturbing, but the findings are even more so. After testing ...

Ja-Ru Toy Trains - Product Recall

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 18,000 JA-RU My Little Train Classics Toy Trains. The toys contain small parts which can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children. My Little Train Classics are ...

Toy police cars - Product Recall

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 3,000 Toy Police Cars. The red paint on the cars contains excessive levels of lead, which is hazardous to the health of children and in violation of the federal lead paint ...

Plastic toys will lose the phthalates

Last week, Congress passed a law designed to ensure that the massive toy recalls of 2007 are not repeated. The bill, awaiting the signature of President Bush, gives the Consumer Product Safety Commission a larger budget, increases the fines for ...

Product Recall: Nintendo lapel pins

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 71,000 Nintendo character-themed lapel pins due to the presence of toxic lead in the paint. The pins were sold at Nintendo stores in Redmond, Washington and New York, New ...

Product Recall: Egg Shaker Toy Instruments

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 5,500 Transparent Toy Egg Shakers due to a choking hazard. The end cap on the egg can come off and allow the small beads inside to come out. The recall involves clear, ...

Product Recall: Panda Super Magnet toys

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 2,800 Panda Super Magnets. The magnets that attach to the bottom of the panda can detach and cause intestinal perforations or blockages if more than one is swallowed. No ...

Product Recall: Dollar Tree children's toys

Toxic lead paint strikes again. This time, it's about 300,000 Baby Toys Baby Bead & Wire Toys and Speed Racer Pull Back & Go Action! Cars that are being recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Baby Bead & Wire Toys are ...

Product Recalls: Lots more lead paint

There were quite a few toy recalls made by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission in the past few days. In addition to Aqua Dots, check your toy chests for these, which have all been recalled due to excessive levels of lead paint. No surprise, ...

CPSC: Home lead test kits are unreliable

All the recent recalls of lead-tainted childrens' products have a lot of us wondering if we parents should be lead-testing toys ourselves. Such test kits are available and I would imagine they've become hot sellers lately. But according to the U.S. ...

Product Recalls: More toys with lead paint

Let's just call this the recall roundup. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a whole slew of new product recalls due to excessive levels of lead paint. Click on the links for pictures and more information. Thomas & Friends ...

Mattel apologizes to China for toy recalls

If you are mad at China's toy manufacturers for all the recalled toys, you should know that it's not their fault. At least according to Mattel, the toy company for whom a large portion of those toxic toys were manufactured. In a meeting today with ...

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