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| Chinese toy maker commits suicide after recall |
| Published: August 14, 2007, 4:28 am |
| Tags: Bid Bird, Bidbird, Chinese Products, Chinese Recall, Chineseproducts, Chineserecall, Dangerous Toys, Dangeroustoys, Diego, Dora, Elmo, Fisher Price, Fisherprice, Hansheng, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Lee Der, Leeder, Recall, Recalls, Safety, Southern Metropolis Daily, Southernmetro |
| manufactured the 967,000 toys that were recalled earlier this month due to high levels of lead in the paint. The toys, sold in the U.S. under the Fisher-Price brand, included such popular characters as Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego.Chinese products have been getting a lot of negative attention lately due to the presence of high levels of |
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| Product Recall: Mattel Doggie Day Care magnetic toys |
| Published: August 14, 2007, 11:02 am |
| Tags: Chinese Toy Recall, Chinesetoyrecall, Dangerous Toys, Dangeroustoys, Doggie Day Care, Doggiedaycare, Hazardous Toys, Hazardoustoys, Magnets, Mattel Recall, Mattel Toys, Mattelrecall, Matteltoys, Product Recall, Productrecall, Recall, Toy Recall, Toyrecall, Toys Magnets, Toy |
| under: Health and Safety, ToysThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Mattel, announced a recall of Doggie Day Care magnetic toys due to the presence of small magnets which can come off and be swallowed by young children. If more than one magnet is swallowed, they can attract each other and cause intestinal |
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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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| Aquadots still appearing in sales fliers |
| Published: November 26, 2007, 4:30 am |
| Tags: Aquadots, Aquadots Recall, Aquadots Still Advertised, Aquadotsrecall, Aquadotsstilladvertised, Dangerous Toys, Dangeroustoys, Recalled Toys, Recalledtoys |
| sales fliers for Target and Toys R Us. The retailers both offered sale prices on Aquadots, the plastic beaded toy that can cause death or a coma if swallowed. Neither of the stores actually still have the toy which was recalled three weeks ago after the discovery that they were coated with an industrial chemical that metabolizes into the |
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| Flybar Does its Part to Support the Darwin Effect [Deathwish Toys] |
| Published: December 7, 2007, 3:40 pm |
| Tags: Dangerous Toys, Darwin Effect, Deathwish Toys, Flybar, Pogo Stick |
| To give you an idea of how dangerous this is, notice all of the users are wearing helmets. Another indication: One of its designers/endorsers, Andy MacDonald, is a pro skateboarder who probably thinks nothing of balancing atop a metal banister as he slides down its length that runs alongside a long flight of concrete stairs. If you have an |
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| Product Recall: Hillbilly Teeth |
| Published: April 14, 2008, 8:34 am |
| Tags: China, Cpsc, Dangerous Toys, Dangeroustoys, Fake Teeth, Faketeeth, Funstastic, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Recall, Recalled, Recalled Toys, Recalledtoys, Recalls |
| Filed under: RecallsThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 26,000 packs of Hillbilly Teeth due to excessive levels of lead in the paint. The teeth were sold in packs of two with item number 2657. You can find the item number printed on the packaging. The teeth are yellow and the gums are brown - just like |
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