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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Speed Read Feed for August 2, 2007 |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 2:32 am |
| Tags: Speed Read Feed, Barack Obama, Bridge Collapse, Bumpshack, Elton John, Fisher Price, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Internet, Iraq, John Edwards, Lead Paint, Michael Vick, Mississippi River, Nasa, O J Simpson, Pakistan, Rape, Ron Goldman, Rudy Giuliani, Sex |
| Argentina presidential candidate says she’s no Hillary- Reuters Barack Obama talks about sending troops into Pakistan- Yahoo! News Couple arrested for having sex in front of daycare center- Smoking Gun John Edwards says Rudy Giuliani is Bush on steroids- Rolling Stone Iraq war costs $4,000 dollars every second- Daily Mail Fisher-Price |
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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 |
| 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 toxins and chemicals. Just days before the suicide, the Chinese |
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| 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 |
| cars due to high levels of lead in the paint. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children. Needless to say, these toys were made in China.About 253,000 of the toy cars were sold nationwide at retail stores from May 2007 through August 2007 for between $7 and $20 (depending on whether they were sold individually or in sets).The recall involves |
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| When good toys go bad VII: Mattel facing lawsuit from recalled cars |
| Published: August 21, 2007, 4:06 am |
| Tags: Cars, Health, Lawsuit, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Mattel, Recall, Sue, Suit, When Good Toys Go Bad, Whengoodtoysgobad |
| excessive amounts of lead," and now a class action lawsuit has been filed that aims to force the firm to "pay for the testing of children who might have gotten lead poisoning from the toys." Reportedly, representatives from Mattel were unavailable to comment, but the outfit's CEO has stated that "the company's more aggressive testing |
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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 |
| 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 August 20, 2007. Click here for detailed descriptions and pictures of the recalled Barbie accessories.Mattel is also recalling 8,900 units of Fisher |
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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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| 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 |
| 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 are the Leap Frog playgrounds. While not life-threatening, |
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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 |
| the past few months due to lead paint concerns and the use of small magnets that could be swallowed by children. Apparently all those recalls made the Chinese toy manufacturers mad, as they say they were a result of design faults on the part of Mattel. And Mattel's Debrowski agrees that the "vast majority of those products that were recalled |
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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 |
| 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 toys were recalled on June 13, 2007 and now an additional 200,000 have been added to the list.Knights of the Sword Toys- about 800 of these silver knights riding red |
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| Product Recalls: More lead paint in children's products |
| Published: October 5, 2007, 1:02 pm |
| Tags: Baby Einstein Reclal, Babyeinsteinreclal, Children S Recall, Children Srecall, Frankenstein Tumblers, Frankensteintumblers, Kb Toys, Kbtoys, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Recalled Toys, Squeeze Lights, Squeezelights, Totally Me, Totallyme |
| due to excessive levels of lead paint. Click on the links below for pictures and details of the recalled products.KB Toys Recalls Wooden Toys - About 10,000 Wooden Pull-Along Alphabet & Math Blocks Wagons, Wooden Pull-Along Learning Blocks Wagons, 10-in-1 Activity Learning Carts, and Flip-Flop Alphabet Blocks.Pirates of the Caribbean |
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| Product Recall: Guidecraft Children's Puppet Theaters |
| Published: October 17, 2007, 1:33 pm |
| Tags: Childrens Toys, Childrenstoys, Guidecraft Recall, Guidecraftrecall, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Product Recall, Productrecall, Puppet, Puppet Theater Recall, Puppettheaterrecall, Recall, Recalled Childrens Products, Recalledchildrensproducts, Theater Recall, Theaterrecall |
| Puppet Theaters. The surface paints on the theater's wooden panels contain excessive levels of lead and could be hazardous to children.The recalled theater is a tabletop design with red front and side panels and a chalkboard signboard across the top. It measures about 24 inches long by 6 inches wide by 28 inches high. These theaters were sold at |
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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 |
| (XRF) for screening for lead in paint and other products. While these results were much more accurate - 12 of 13 samples were correctly identified as containing lead - this technology isn't commonly available for consumer use. The upshot is that based on their study, the CPSC says that consumers should not use lead test kits to evaluate |
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| Product Recall: Go Diego Go Boat Toys |
| Published: October 25, 2007, 9:29 am |
| Tags: Boat Recall, Boatrecall, Fisher Price Recall, Fisherpricerecall, Go Diego Go Recall, Godiegogorecall, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Recall, Recalls, Toy Recall, Toy Safety, Toyrecall, Toys, Toysafety |
| RecallsExcessive levels of lead paint on these Go Diego Go Animal Rescue Boats has prompted the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price to announce another recall.The recall involves this orange and yellow water-squirting boat featuring the popular cartoon character Diego. The words "Fisher Price" are marked on the bottom of |
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| Florida town considers banning Chinese-made products |
| Published: October 27, 2007, 7:02 am |
| Tags: Ban Chinese Products, Banchineseproducts, Childrens Products, Childrensproducts, Chinese Product Ban, Chinese Products, Chineseproductban, Chineseproducts, Lead, Lead Paint Recalls, Lead Tainted Products, Leadpaintrecalls, Leadtaintedproducts, Palm Bay Florida, Palmbay |
| recent toy recalls due to lead paint have led many of us to start boycotting Chinese-made products. I know I am paying closer attention to where stuff is made and based on your comments, you are too. In the Florida town of Palm Bay, population 107,000, the City Council is going a bit further by considering an ordinance that would ban the |
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| Product Recalls: Buckets and Bobbleheads |
| Published: October 27, 2007, 4:02 am |
| Tags: Bobblehead Recall, Bobbleheadrecall, Halloween Pail Recall, Halloweenpailrecall, Lead Paint Recall, Leadpaintrecall, Recall, Recalls, Toy Recall, Toyrecall |
| due to excessive levels of lead paint. First, we have approximately 142,000 Purple Halloween Pails with Witch Decorations, sold exclusively at Family Dollar Stores nationwide from August 2007 to October 2007 for about $1 each. The purple pails have a picture of a witch silhouetted against a green moon and measure about 6 ½ inches |
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