Social Networking and Advertising Redefined. One person at a time.
Today's Fresh Blogs...| 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 |
 Comments (0)
 Blog link
Rating: 0 
|
| 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 |
|
Comments (0)
Blog link
Rating: 0
|
| 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 |
| While Mattel has been on a roll of late with swank new toys, the firm has apparently hit a rough patch after being forced to recall "millions of toys including 436,000 die-cast cars." The wee roadsters purportedly "contained excessive amounts of lead," and now a class action lawsuit has been filed that aims to force the firm to "pay for the |
|
Comments (0)
Blog link
Rating: 0
|
| 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 |
|
Comments (0)
Blog link
Rating: 0
|
| 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 |
|
Comments (0)
Blog link
Rating: 0
|
| 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 |
|
Comments (0)
Blog link
Rating: 0
|
| 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 |
|
Comments (0)
Blog link
Rating: 0
|
| 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 |
|
Comments (0)
Blog link
Rating: 0
|
| 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 |
| Filed under: Health and Safety, ToysThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling even more children's products 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 |
|
Comments (0)
Blog link
Rating: 0
|
| 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 |
| Filed under: RecallsThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Guidecraft, Inc. have announced the voluntary recall of about 5,400 Tabletop 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 |
|
Comments (0)
Blog link
Rating: 0
|
| 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 |
|
Comments (0)
Blog link
Rating: 0
|
| 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 |
| Filed under: Toys, 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 |
|
Comments (0)
Blog link
Rating: 0
|
| 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 |
|
Comments (0)
Blog link
Rating: 0
|
| Product Recall: Toys "R" Us Elite Operations Toys |
| Published: October 31, 2007, 12:34 pm |
| Tags: Elite Operations Recall, Eliteoperationsrecall, Lead Paint, Lead Paint Recall, Leadpaint, Leadpaintrecall, Military Toys, Militarytoys, Recall, Recalls, Toy Recall, Toyrecall, Toys, Toys R Us Recall, Toysrusrecall |
| Filed under: RecallsThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Toys "R" Us have announced the voluntary recall of about 16,000 Elite Operations Toys due to excessive levels of lead paint. The recall involves four military-style Elite Operations toys, which includes Super Rigs (#1004), Command Patrol Center (#1020), Barracuda Helicopter |
|
Comments (0)
Blog link
Rating: 0
|
| 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 |
|
Comments (0)
Blog link
Rating: 0
|
