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• Product Recall: Mattel Barbie and Tanner Playsets

  Published: August 14, 2007, 1:01 pm

  Tags: Barbie, Barbie Tanner, Barbieandtanner, Dangerous Kids Toys, Dangerouskidstoys, Kids, Magnets, Mattell, Recall, Recalled Toys, Recalledtoys, Toy Recall, Toyrecall, Toys

  under: Health and Safety, ToysThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Mattel are recalling even more magnetic toys. The Barbie and Tanner Playsets have powerful magnets that can detach and be swallowed by children. If more than one magnet is swallowed, they can attract each other and cause serious intestinal issues, including

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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

  Price Geo Trax Locomotive Toys are being recalled. These little toy train cars were sold between September 2006 through August 2007. Click here for more information on those.All of the toys were manufactured in China in 2006 and 2007. If you have any of the recalled toys, you should stop using them immediately and contact Mattel's

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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

  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 railway

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• Product Recall: Target Plush Boys Rattles

  Published: October 3, 2007, 6:34 am

  Tags: Rattle Recall, Rattlerecall, Recall, Recalled Toys, Recalledtoys, Safety, Target Rattle Recall, Targetrattlerecall, Toy Recall, Toyrecall, Toys

  Gear, Health and Safety, ToysThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Target have announced the voluntary recall of about 82,000 Plush Boys Rattles. This time there is no lead paint and no loose magnets. There are, however, small beads inside these rattles that can pose a choking hazard to young children should the rattles break.The

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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

  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 Pull-Along

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• Toy/Food Recalls: How to Take Action

  Published: November 12, 2007, 1:01 pm

  Tags: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumerproductsafetycommission, Consumers Union, Consumersunion, Keeping Toys Safe, Keepingtoyssafe, List Of Lead Recalls, Listofleadrecalls, Photographs Of Toys With Lead, Photographsoftoyswithlead, Recalled Toys, Recalledtoys

  - from lunch boxes to toys; Allow state Attorneys General to bring civil action on behalf of its residents to enforce product safety laws and obtain damages and restitution Provide whistle blower protections for manufacturers' and importers' employees to shed light on any problems along the supply chain Make it unlawful

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• How to Take Recalled Toys Away from Kids

  Published: November 25, 2007, 6:31 pm

  Tags: Business Of Education, Kids, Recalled Toys

  Most of us won't know what to take away from our kids until somebody tells us the toy has too much lead, too many sharp edges, can go in but not come out and so on.So, what if a kid gets attached to a toy? How do you get it back?Babies - just take it. There's a reason why they say 'taking candy from a baby.' It's easy. And,

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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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• 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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