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Fisher Price Toy Recall
Fisher-Price Issues Massive Recall for Tricycles, High Chairs, and Toys
Sep 30, 2010
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Fisher-Price is recalling more than 10 million defective tricycles, high chairs and toys for infants and toddlers in the US and Canada. The recalled...
Mattel Agrees to Toy Recall Settlement
Oct 15, 2009
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Mattel Inc. has agreed to settle virtually all claims related to its massive 2007 toy recalls. According to the Associated Press, if the Mattel...
Mattel Settles Lead Tainted Toy Lawsuit with States
Dec 17, 2008
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Mattel has finally agreed to pay $12 million to 39 U.S. states to settle lead claims regarding its toys. Bloomberg is reporting that the...
CPSC Head Voices Opposition to Tougher Lead Standards
May 16, 2008
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Nancy Nord, head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), said a new federal standard limiting lead in toys and other children's products...
CPSC Warns Toy Industry on Safety
Feb 19, 2008
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The toy industry, beset by a record number of toy recalls last year, has been put on notice. Nancy Nord, Consumer Product Safety Commission...
RC2 Settles Lawsuit over Lead Tainted Thomas & Friends Toys
Jan 23, 2008
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RC2 Corp. has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a Class Action lawsuit stemming from this summers recall of lead tainted Thomas & Friends...
Toy Recalls Result of US Trade Policy that Promotes Overseas Production, Consumer Group Says.
Dec 20, 2007
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There has been a surge of toy recalls this year—over six million for lead; the highest number ever for product defects—and recalls are...
Labels Can Help Shoppers Avoid Lead Contaminated Toys This Holiday Season
Dec 19, 2007
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Lead free toys might seem a rare commodity this Holiday Season, considering this year’s endless string of toy recalls. But finding...
Selling Recalled Toys Should be a Crime, New York Lawmaker Says
Dec 18, 2007
Selling recalled toys would be a crime in New York if one state lawmaker has his way. The proposed toy recall law comes in response to what has...
New York Toy Survey Finds Lead Tainted Toys Remain on Store Shelves
Dec 11, 2007
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Lead tainted toys are still being stocked by stores in New York, says the state’s Consumer Protection Board. After a rash of national toy...
