Lead Paint Poisoning Side Effects Could Be Linked To Lead Disease Lawsuits
Lead Paint Poisoning To Children. Lead poisoning is the greatest environmental health threat to children under the age of 6. Poisoning occurs from swallowing lead (i.e. lead paint chips) or from breathing lead paint dust. Even small amounts of chipped lead paint or lead dust can be dangerous to children. Children under 6 face these … [Read more...]
Fisher Price Recall Exposure Injury Lawsuits
Fisher Price Recall Toys With Lead Paint. Fisher Price Inc. issued a recall for over 1.5 million toys on August 1, 2007. The toys involved in the Fisher Price recall, which were made in China, were manufactured with lead paint. The Fisher Price recall included popular Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer and Deigo toys. More … [Read more...]
Pottery Barn Recalls over 15,000 Kids’ Water Bottles Due to Lead Paint Violation
Pottery Barn Kids is recalling Avengers and Darth Vader Themed Water Bottles due to lead paint violations, the Consumer Products Safety Commission states. Some 15,200 bottles are being recalled in the United States and another 430 in Canada. According to the CPSC website, the recall is being issued because “the gray paint on the … [Read more...]
Lead Paint Violation Prompts Recall Of Wooden Toys
Wooden Toys Have Been Recalled Due To A Lead Paint Violation. About 300 Wooden Skill Ball Toys distributed by Kendamaspot LLC, of Redmond, Washington have been recalled, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced. The surface paint coating on the ball contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal … [Read more...]
Toy Action Figures Recalled for Lead Paint
Toy Action Figures Ordered Recalled For Lead Paint Hazards. About 8,400 toy action figures that violate the federal lead paint standard are being recalled today by Liquidation Outlet, Inc., of Lakewood, Wash. According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), the products involved in this recall include Force Soldier … [Read more...]
New Trial Sought in Lead Poisoning Lawsuit
Lead Poisoning Lawsuit New Trial. Following a jury verdict of $7 million for making lead paint that allegedly caused harm to a Mississippi athlete, paint manufacturer Sherwin-Williams, has a filed for a new trial, according to PublicNuisanceWire.com. It seems, said PublcNuisanceWire.com, that as a result of ingesting … [Read more...]
Lead Paint Prompts Body Board Recall
Lead Paint To Be Recalled. Body boards imported by JGR Copa LLC, of Hollywood, Fla. have been recalled due to violations of the federal lead paint standard. According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), the recalled body boards should be taken away from children immediately. This recall involves about 900 18” Kick … [Read more...]
Dinosaur Play Sets Recalled for Violation of Lead Paint Standard
Dinosaur Play Sets Recalled After Violating Lead Standard. About 50 “Dinosaur Era 2 Hunting Dinosaur” play sets imported by DND Imports of Los Angeles, California, are being recalled for violation of the lead paint standard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced. The recalled “Dinosaur Era 2 Hunting … [Read more...]
SportsPlay Playgrounds Recalled for Lead
SportsPlay Playgrounds Recalled Because It Contains High Level of Lead Paint. About 540 SportsPlay Equipment Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, Playgrounds have been recalled, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced. The recall has been initiated because the handrails and posts on the playgrounds … [Read more...]
Toys Recalled for Choking and Lead Paint Hazards
Toys Recalled Because Of Choking Hazard And Lead Paint Poisoning. Fishing games, rattles, pull-a-long cars, mini pull back cars, and cartoon bubble guns are all being recalled today by the CBB Group. According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), the recalled toys either pose a choking hazard or violate U.S. … [Read more...]
Toy Recalls Lower This Year
Toy Recalls Dropped 46 Percent According To CPSC. In 2007, toy recalls reached an historic high with toys that contained “lead paint, dangerous magnets,” and even the date rape drug, which rendered “children temporarily comatose,” says the Washington Post in an article today. This year, however, toy recalls have dropped 46 percent … [Read more...]
Recalled Toys Often Make A Comeback
Recalled Toys Over Toxic Lead Paint. Last year saw a spate of toy recalls—more than 20 million—over a wide variety of issues, including toxic lead paint and magnets, that proved deadly when swallowed. One of the most deadly recalls involved the Auqa Dots toy, which were recalled last November after several children swallowed the … [Read more...]
Toy Robots Recalled Due to Lead Paint
OKK Recall Toy Robots For Lead Contamination. Toy robots sold at dollar stores nationwide are being recalled by OKK Trading Inc. of Commerce, Calif. because surface paint on the toys violates federal lead standards. According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), about 2000 of the lead tainted robots are involved in this … [Read more...]
Children’s Sunglasses Recalled for Lead Paint Violations
CPSC Announced Recall Of Children’s Sunglasses. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with StyleMark, Inc. of Ormond Beach, Florida, today jointly announced a voluntary recall of children’s “Main Street Drag” sunglasses and warned consumers to stop using recalled products immediately unless … [Read more...]
QVC Puzzle Vehicle Recalled for Lead Paint Violations
Merchant Media Recall QVC Puzzle Vehicle Over Lead Levels. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Merchant Media Corporation of Framingham, Massachusetts, is voluntarily recalling Toy Puzzle Vehicle Sets which were sold exclusively by QVC. Merchant Media Corporation sold about 198,000 of the Toy … [Read more...]
Toy Airplanes, Cars and Motorcycles Recalled for Lead Paint
CPSC Announced Recalls Of Defective Toys Due To Lead Paint. Today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with S.U. Wholesale Inc., of Vernon, California, announced a voluntary recall of a number of defective toys - toy airplanes, cars and motorcycles - due to a violation of lead paint … [Read more...]
ESI-R Screening Materials Recalled Over Lead Paint
ESI-R Screening Materials Recalled By CPSC. ESI-R Screening Materials, educational materials made by RR Donnelly of Chicago, Ill. have been recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission because surface paint on some of the defective materials contains lead paint in excess of federal standards. Lead can cause serious problems if … [Read more...]
Mattel Fisher-Price Toy Recall Issued for Go Diego Go Animal Rescue Boats
Mattel Fisher-Price Toy Recall Over High Levels Of Lead. Mattel Inc.’s Fisher-Price Division has issued yet another recall of toys made with lead paint. The recall of more than 55,000 Go Diego Go Animal Rescue Boats in the US, Great Britain and Canada is the fourth Mattel toy recall since August. Meanwhile, several other companies, … [Read more...]
Mattel Toy Recall Expanded A Third Time to Include Barbie
Mattel Toy Recall Include Barbie. Mattel has announced another toy recall, sending already worried parents on yet another scavenger hunt for more hazardous toys. Last night, the company revealed that it had discovered that another 840,000 of its Chinese-made toys contained excessive amounts of lead. This latest toy recall … [Read more...]
Mattel Toy Recall Evidence that Lead Paint Continues to Threaten Children
Mattel Recall Toys Due To High Lead Paint Levels. With the recent releases of popular movies such as Transformers, Spiderman, and the Pixar movie Cars, toy makers such as Mattel, Fisher Price and Hasbro were anticipating a serious boom in business. They did experience a boom, a serious boom in declining business. Late week, toy … [Read more...]
Mattel Recalls Toys for Lead Paint and Magnet Hazards
Mattel Recalls Magnetic Play Sets. Mattel, Inc. announced a massive recall today of magnet play sets and die cast cars. It is the second recall by the toy giant in as many weeks. On August 1, Mattel’s issued a Fisher-Price recall that impacted more than 1 million toys for a lead paint hazard. But this latest Mattel recall … [Read more...]
Fisher Price Toy Recall Increases Concerns Over Chinese Imports
Lead Paint Was Used On Fisher Price Toy. The Fisher Price toy recall extended to Asia today, as the toy maker announced that lead paint was used on some of the toys sold in that market. The move comes just days after Fisher Price recalled nearly 1 million toys in the US for the same reason. The Fisher Price recall has … [Read more...]
Three Lead Paint Makers Are Found Guilty
Lead Paint Makers Created A Nuisance That Continues To Poison Children. Three former makers of lead paint created a public nuisance that continues to poison children, a jury decided Wednesday in the state’s landmark lawsuit against the companies. The verdict means the companies that once made lead paint and pigment could … [Read more...]
Recall of Certain Cribs Sold at Toys R Us Stores for High Levels of Lead Paint
Cribs Sold At Toys R Us Are Being Recalled Due To Lead Hazards. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Delta Enterprise Corp., of New York, N.Y., has announced a voluntary recall of about 335 Lov’s “Europa” Natural Color Cribs manufactured in Indonesia by Delta Enterprise Corp. of New York, N.Y. … [Read more...]
Look For New Warnings About Lead Paint
Warnings About Lead Paint Hazards. Some 25 years after lead paint was banned, the paint industry's trade association and 50 attorneys general have agreed to put warnings about lead-paint hazards on cans of new paint. The main label will have to make the following disclosure: WARNING! If you scrape, sand, or remove old paint, you … [Read more...]
Family Wins $100,000 After Son Hurt By Lead Paint
Dangers Of Child Lead Paint Poisoning. The dangers of a child being poisoned by lead paint are well documented, and what could be a landmark court decision was handed down Thursday in Cleveland. A Cleveland mother said her son will never be the same after he became a victim of lead paint. "It has been tough on my family," … [Read more...]
Albany Mom Suing Over Lead Paint
Lead Paint Poisoning Cause Brain Damage. A city woman who claims lead poisoning caused her 14-year-old daughter to suffer brain damage has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Albany County and several landlords. Albany resident Shana McCann claims her daughter, Sha-Nique, was poisoned over a two-year period beginning in … [Read more...]
Lead Paint Likely In Older Homes
Thousands Of Older Homes Could Have Lead Paint. The City of Pensacola already has evidence that potentially thousands of older homes in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties could have lead in them. The city`s Housing Department has been testing for lead in some older homes as part of its rental assistance program since September … [Read more...]
Lead Paint Lawsuit Opens In R.I.
Landmark Trial Against Eight Former Manufacturers Over Lead Paint Lawsuit. Lead paint still sickens children every day, nearly a quarter of a century after it was banned, state lawyers told a jury Wednesday at the start of a landmark trial against eight former manufacturers. The lawsuit brought by Rhode Island marks the first … [Read more...]
Md. Court Decides Lead Paint Appeal
Cases That Poisoned By Lead Paint Have A Right To File Lawsuit. Maryland's mid-level appeals court ruled in separate cases yesterday that renters poisoned by lead paint have a right to file negligence lawsuits against public housing agencies but cannot sue real estate agents who broker leases for lead-contaminated homes. The Court … [Read more...]
