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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

  Filed under: Health and Safety, ToysIf you are like me, you've been wondering how someone who was responsible for exposing hundreds of thousands of children to a hazardous substance could live with himself. Turns out, he couldn't. According to the state-run Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper in Beijing, China, Zhang Shuhong, co-owner of Lee Der

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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

  Filed 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

  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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• 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

  Filed under: Media, Monitoring your kids, Stores and shopping, Marketing to kids, Brands, Recalls, Indoor PlayRecall-savvy adults did a double take this past weekend when looking through 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.

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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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