Asbestos Found in Crayons and Toy Crime Lab Kits
Environmental Group Discovers Asbestos In Crayons and Toy Crime Lab Kits. The Environmental Working Group Action Fund has found asbestos in children's crayons and toy crime lab kits. Four of 28 boxes of crayons and two of 21 toy crime lab kits tested positive for asbestos, according to a newly released report from the advocacy … [Read more...]
Toy Tests Find Lead, Other Toxins
Lead Found In Children's Toy Tests. Even with revised laws banning certain chemicals and lowering lead limits in toys, a public interest group has found that some toys being sold at popular retailers violate current mandates. A significant issue given that we are in the midst of the heaviest shopping season of the year. The … [Read more...]
Mattel Agrees to Toy Recall Settlement
Mattel Recall Its Toys Due To Lead Poisoning. Mattel Inc. has agreed to settle virtually all claims related to its massive 2007 toy recalls. According to the Associated Press, if the Mattel class-action settlement is approved by the court, it could end up costing the company upwards of $50 million. As we've previously reported, … [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...]
Consumer Group Calls for Toy Boycott
Toys That Can Cause Suffocation Named. A study by the California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG) has concluded that a variety of toys—Silly Fish Squirters, Squirt Devils, Littlest Pet Shop, Red Plastic Super Car, to name a few—are dangerous and contain toxins or small parts that can cause choking and suffocation hazards to … [Read more...]
CPSC Announces High Chair, Stroller, and Toy Recalls
CPSC Recalls High Chairs, Strollers And Toys. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced three recalls: A high chair over fall and choking hazards, a stroller for fall hazards, and a toy in excess of the lead standard. All three products were manufactured in China. According to the CPSC, the Evenflo Company … [Read more...]
CPSC Lists Top Five Toy Hazards
CPSC Warned Consumers About Toy Hazards. In a press release issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Chairman Hal Stratton issued a warning to consumers as we approach this year’s holiday season. Stratton warns consumers to be aware of toys and children’s products, which have been recently recalled that pose … [Read more...]
Two More Toy Recalls
CPSC Issued Toy Recalls. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has just issued press releases about two toy recalls warning consumers of the following: In the first, a voluntary recall of about 130 CORAL Swim ‘N Score Pool Stix are being recalled by Modell’s due to a risk of impalement injury to children. Modell’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...]
Despite Federal Lead Standards, More Lead Toy Recall
Tainted Toys Still Being Sold, Toy Recall Announced. Lead poisoning is considered by many to be one of the most important chronic environmental illnesses affecting children today. Yet despite the existence of federal lead standards, lead tainted toys are still being sold in American stores, as evidence by two toy recalls announced … [Read more...]
Little Tikes Toy Cell Phones Recalled Due to Choking Hazard
Little Tikes Recall Toy Cell Phones Due To A Choking Hazard. Little Tikes Toy Cell Phones have been recalled because they may pose a choking hazard to small children. Kids Station Toys, the maker of the recalled Little Tikes Toy Cell Phones, says it has received one report of a child who started to choke on a small piece that came … [Read more...]
More Lead Toy Recalls Issued by CPSC
CPSC Announced Toy Recalls. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recalled two children’s products, both for lead-related violations. In cooperation with Riverside Publishing Company of Rolling Meadows, Illinois, the CPSC announced a voluntary recall of 5,300 Memory Testing Cards which were sold as part of … [Read more...]
Dangerous Toy Crackdown Coming As Congress Readies New Product Safety Laws
U.S. Congress Pass Legislation Aimed At Product Safety. A toy safety crackdown could finally come at the end of the year, as both houses of the US Congress are poised to pass legislation aimed at keeping dangerous toys and other products away from consumers. Congress has been working on toughening up product safety laws following a … [Read more...]
Wal-Mart Toy Recall Issued for Lead Contaminated Animal Figures
Wal-Mart Recall Lead Contaminated Animal Figures. Wal-Mart has become the latest retailer to issue a recall for lead tainted toys. The retail giant issued the recall Friday after it discovered the problem with some animal figures sold in its stores after conducting its own lead testing. Wal-Mart is just one of many companies to … [Read more...]
Mattel Toy Recalls Sparks Lawsuits by Shareholders, Angry Parents
Mattel Toy Is Facing Lawsuits For Violating Lead Standards. Mattel Inc. continues to be plagued by fallout from this summer’s massive toy recalls. In addition to a tarnished reputation, Mattel is facing dozens of lawsuits filed by parents whose children were exposed to the lead paint and dangerous magnets used in the recalled toys. … [Read more...]
Could Toy Recalls Become the Grinch That Steals Christmas?
CPSC Investigating Toy Recalls. More toy recalls could be on the horizon – just in time for the holiday shopping season. The Consumer Products Safety Commission is currently conducting several investigations into defective toys, and it’s a good bet that at least some of these probes will result in further recalls of dangerous toys. … [Read more...]
Mattel Toy Recall Causes CPSC to Face Senate Scrutiny
Mattel Toy Recalls Prompted Consumers And Senate Scrutiny CPSC. This month’s Mattel Toy Recall was unsettling news for American consumers, as it became apparent that thousands of children were exposed to the toxic lead paint and dangerous magnets used in the recalled Mattel toys. The Mattel toy recall has sparked consumers and even … [Read more...]
Mattel Toy Recall Result of Poor Oversight and Demand for Cheap Goods
China Said Mattel Toy Poor Oversight Is Partly To Blame For Toy Recalls. Lax oversight by Mattel is partly to blame for this month’s massive toy recall, claims a Chinese official. American companies’ demands for low cost goods put pressure on Chinese suppliers to find the cheapest ways possible to make those products. This often … [Read more...]
Some Stores Recall Toy After Boy’s Death
Stores Recall Toy Magnetized Building Sets. A Utah store pulls a popular toy from store shelves after a two-year-old boy from Washington state swallowed pieces of the magnetized building set and died. Smith's Marketplace stores in Utah are among retailers nationwide joining in a voluntary recall of Magnetix until the investigation … [Read more...]
