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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Product Recall: Mattel "Sarge" die cast toy cars |
| Published: August 14, 2007, 1:29 pm |
| Tags: Chinese Toys, Chinesetoys, Jeep Recall, Jeeprecall, Lead Paint, Lead Paint Toys, Leadpaint, Leadpainttoys, Made In China, Madeinchina, Mattel, Product Recall, Productrecall, Recall, Recalled Chinese Toys, Recalledchinesetoys, Safety, Sarge Die Cast, Sargediecast, Toy Jeep |
| under: Health and Safety, ToysMattel is having a bad run lately. With one product recall after another, one has to wonder how this will affect their bottom line. But more importantly, how is it affecting our kids? The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in cooperation with Mattel announced the recall of "Sarge" Die Cast toy cars due to |
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| Mattell recalls 773,900 more Chinese-made toys |
| Published: September 5, 2007, 7:15 am |
| Tags: Barbie, Barbie Recall, Barbierecall, Bongo Band, Bongoband, Chinese Toys, Chinesetoys, Fisher Price Recall, Fisherpricerecall, Geo Trax, Geotrax, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Mattell Recall, Mattellrecall, Recalled Toys, Recalledtoys, Toy Recall, Toyrecall |
| under: Health and Safety, ToysIn a move that should surprise absolutely nobody, Mattell has announced the recall of hundreds of thousands more toys made in China due to excessive lead in the paint. The majority of the recalled toys are Barbie accessories - 675,000 to be exact. Included are products manufactured between September 30, 2006 and |
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| Disney to independently test products for safety |
| Published: September 10, 2007, 7:32 am |
| Tags: Children S Products, Children Sproducts, China Made, Chinamade, Chinese Toys, Chinesetoys, Disney, Disney Products, Disney Store, Disney Toy Testing, Disney Toys, Disneyproducts, Disneystore, Disneytoys, Disneytoytesting, Lead, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Made In China, Madeinch |
| all the recent recalls of toys made in China, Disney has decided to step up and be responsible for the toys they sell. Beginning in the next two weeks, The Walt Disney Company will begin independently testing toys and other children's products featuring their characters.This testing will involve newly manufactured toys, jewelry, furniture and |
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| U.S. and China agree on toy safety improvements |
| Published: September 11, 2007, 11:02 am |
| Tags: Childrens Product Safety, Childrens Products, Childrensproducts, Childrensproductsafety, China Exports, China Made Toys, China Toys, Chinaexports, Chinamadetoys, Chinatoys, Chinese, Chinese Manufactured Products, Chinese Toys, Chinesemanufacturedproducts, Chinesetoys |
| Gear, Health and Safety, Toys, Stores and shoppingIn a move that falls under the 'better late than never' category, a "Consumer Product Safety Summit" was held in Washington, D.C. today to address the issue of lead paint in Chinese-manufactured toys. As a result of the discussions, an agreement was reached between China's General |
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| The most dangerous toys |
| Published: September 18, 2007, 5:03 am |
| Tags: Chinese Toys, Chinesetoys, Choking Hazard, Chokinghazard, Dangerous Toys, Dangeroustoys, Deadly Toys, Deadlytoys, Kids In Danger, Kidsindanger, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Toy Injuries, Toy Recall, Toy Safety, Toyinjuries, Toyrecall, Toysafety, Trampolines |
| under: Health and Safety, ToysWith all the toy recalls of late, one would assume that lead paint poses the biggest threat when it comes to children's toys. Not so, says the non-profit research group Kids in Danger. They have been tracking toy related injuries to children for the past six years and found that the number one injury-causing toy |
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| Mattel apologizes to China for toy recalls |
| Published: September 21, 2007, 9:32 am |
| Tags: China, Chinese Toy Manufacturers, Chinese Toys, Chinesetoymanufacturers, Chinesetoys, Debrowski, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Loose Magnets, Loosemagnets, Mattel, Mattel Apologizes, Mattelapologizes, Toy Recall, Toy Recalls, Toy Safety, Toyrecall, Toyrecalls, Toysafety |
| under: Health and Safety, ToysIf 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 Chinese product safety chief Li Changjiang, Mattel executive vice |
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| Product Recalls: More toys with lead paint |
| Published: September 27, 2007, 5:02 am |
| Tags: Chinese Toys, Chinesetoys, Floor Puppet Theater, Floorpuppettheater, Knights Of The Sword, Knightsofthesword, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Recall, Recall Childrens Products, Recallchildrensproducts, Recalled Jewelry, Recalled Toys, Recalledjewelry, Recalledtoys, Spinning Whee |
| Gear, Health and Safety, ToysLet'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 Wooden Railway Toys - 1.5 million Thomas & Friends railway |
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| CPSC: Home lead test kits are unreliable |
| Published: October 23, 2007, 5:01 am |
| Tags: Chinese Toys, Chinesetoys, Cpsc, Lead Paint, Lead Paint Test Kit, Lead Paint Testing, Lead Test, Lead Toys, Leadpaint, Leadpainttesting, Leadpainttestkit, Leadtest, Leadtoys, Recall, Toy Recalls, Toyrecalls, Xrf |
| 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. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the results of such consumer lead test kits can be unreliable. CPSC staff tested two commonly available home lead test kits that use chemical reactions to |
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| Consumer Product Safety Commission chief urged to resign |
| Published: October 31, 2007, 1:30 pm |
| Tags: China, Chinese Toys, Chinesetoys, Cpsc, Democrats, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Nancy Nord, Nancy Pelosi, Nancynord, Nancypelosi, Product Safety Bill, Productsafetybill, Safe Toys, Safetoys, Toy Safety, Toy Tester, Toysafety, Toytester |
| 80 percent of the toys purchased by Americans are made in China. And of all the product recalls made by the CPSC, more than half are of products originating in China. Congress is working to introduce new toy and child product safety legislation, the "Comprehensive Consumer Product Safety Bill", which would ban lead from children's |
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| Product Recall: Galaxy Warriors Toy Figures |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 5:01 am |
| Tags: Chinese Toys, Chinesetoys, Family Dollar Recall, Familydollarrecall, Galaxy Warrior Recall, Galaxywarriorrecall, Henry Gordy International, Henrygordyinternational, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Toy Recall, Toyrecall |
| red. If you have one these toys, you should immediately take it away from your child and return it to Henry Gordy International for a full refund, plus postage. That's right, you can buy the dangerous toy at the Family Dollar Store, but you cannot return it there. Contact Henry Gordy International toll-free at (888) 790-2700 between 8 a.m. |
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| Video: Toxic Toys, A Poison Affair |
| Published: November 30, 2007, 8:01 am |
| Tags: Barbie And Ken, Barbie Ken, Barbie Ken Hookup, Barbie Lead Poisoning, Barbie Video, Barbieandken, Barbieken, Barbiekenhookup, Barbieleadpoisoning, Barbievideo, Campaing For Americas Future, Campaingforamericasfuture, Chinese Toys, Chinesetoys, Cpsc, Lead Poisoning, Lead |
| under: Health and Safety, Toys, Recalls As you may know, Barbie and Ken broke up in 2004. At the time, Barbie's spokesperson at Mattel said that the couple felt it was time "to spend some quality time -- apart." But when Barbie and Ken recently ran into each other at a bar, the sparks flew and the result was an unfortunate one night stand. The |
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| Product Recall: Solider Boy toys |
| Published: December 19, 2007, 10:05 am |
| Tags: China Toys, Chinatoys, Chinese Toys, Chinesetoys, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Recalls, Solider Boy Toys, Soliderboytoys, Toy Recall, Toyrecall, Toys |
| under: Toys, Recalls, Wooden ToysOnly seven days until Christmas, and you know what that means. More product recalls. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 11,400 Soldier Bear Toys due to excessive levels of lead, violating the lead paint standard.These toys were manufactured in China and imported by |
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| Product Recall: Red metal wagons |
| Published: January 3, 2008, 12:02 pm |
| Tags: Chinese Toys, Chinesetoys, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Recall, Red Wagon, Redwagon, Toy Recall, Toyrecall, Wagon Recall, Wagonrecall |
| Filed under: Recalls, Outdoor PlayThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 15,000 red metal toy wagons due to excessive levels of lead in the surface paint. The recall involves wagons imported by Tricam Industries and sold at Tractor Supply Company stores nationwide from September 2002 through November 2007 for |
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| Product Recall: Toy Wrestler Action Figures |
| Published: January 15, 2008, 7:33 am |
| Tags: Chinese Toys, Chinesetoys, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Recall, Toy Recall, Toy Wrestler, Toyrecall, Toys, Toywrestler |
| in the surface paint.The toys were sold in sets of four action figures, each about 5¾" high. UPC number 604111230003 is printed on the product's packaging. They were manufactured in China for A.A. of America Inc. and sold at dollar stores and discount stores nationwide from January 2007 through December 2007 for about $1 each.If |
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