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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 |
| Filed 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 |
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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 |
| Filed 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 |
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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 |
| Filed under: Health and Safety, Toys, Stores and shoppingNormally, The Walt Disney Company leaves product safety testing up to the manufacturers of their products. But with 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 |
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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 |
| Filed under: 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 |
| Filed 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 |
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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 |
| Filed 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 |
| Filed under: 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 |
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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 |
| Filed under: Health and Safety, RecallsAll 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. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the results of such |
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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 |
| Filed under: Health and Safety, Recalls, In the NewsWith the increasing number of toy recalls of late, you would think those in charge over at the US Consumer Product Safety Commission would be begging for more money, staff and resources to better ensure the safety of the American public. Not so, according to Speaker of the House Nancy Peolosi |
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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 |
| Filed under: RecallsThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced yet another toy recall due to excessive levels lead in the paint. Sorry, I am sick of them, too. This time it is "Galaxy Warriors" Toy Figures, distributed by Henry Gordon International and made in China, of course. About 380,000 of these posable spacemen figures were |
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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 |
| Filed 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. |
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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 |
| Filed 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 |
| Filed under: RecallsThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 5,400 Toy Wrestler Figures due to high levels of lead 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 |
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