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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

  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

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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

  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

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• Product Recalls: Lots more lead paint

  Published: November 10, 2007, 4:01 am

  Tags: Chinese Toy Recall, Chinese Toy Recalls, Chinesetoyrecall, Chinesetoyrecalls, Lead Paint, Lead Paint Recall, Leadpaint, Leadpaintrecall, Toy Recall, Toy Recalls, Toyrecall, Toyrecalls

  Filed under: RecallsThere were quite a few toy recalls made by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission in the past few days. In addition to Aqua Dots, check your toy chests for these, which have all been recalled due to excessive levels of lead paint. No surprise, each and every one was made in China. "Big Red" Wagons by Northern Tool &

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• Product Recall: Panda Super Magnet toys

  Published: December 24, 2007, 10:03 am

  Tags: Magnet Recall, Magnetrecall, Panda Magnet Recall, Pandamagnetrecall, Recall, Recalls, Toy Recall, Toy Recalls, Toyrecall, Toyrecalls

  Filed under: RecallsThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 2,800 Panda Super Magnets. The magnets that attach to the bottom of the panda can detach and cause intestinal perforations or blockages if more than one is swallowed. No injuries have been reported.The magnets were sold at Dollar and gift stores

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• Product Recall: Nintendo lapel pins

  Published: April 29, 2008, 1:04 pm

  Tags: Cpsc, Lead Paint, Lead Paint Recall, Leadpaint, Leadpaintrecall, Mario, Mario Kart, Nintendo, Nintendo Lapel Pin Recall, Nintendolapelpinrecall, Recall, Recalls, Toy Recall, Toy Recalls, Toyrecall, Toyrecalls, Toys

  Filed under: RecallsThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 71,000 Nintendo character-themed lapel pins due to the presence of toxic lead in the paint. The pins were sold at Nintendo stores in Redmond, Washington and New York, New York between April 2004 and November 2007 for between $1.50 and $4 each. They

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• Plastic toys will lose the phthalates

  Published: August 6, 2008, 5:00 pm

  Tags: Cpsc, Kid Safe Chemical Act, Kidsafechemicalact, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Phthalates, Toy Recalls, Toyrecalls

  Filed under: Babies, Toddlers, Preschoolers, Kids 5-7, Kids 8-11, Health & safety, In the news, Shopping & recallsLast week, Congress passed a law designed to ensure that the massive toy recalls of 2007 are not repeated. The bill, awaiting the signature of President Bush, gives the Consumer Product Safety Commission a larger budget,

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• Plastic toys will lose the phthalates

  Published: August 7, 2008, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Cpsc, Kid Safe Chemical Act, Kidsafechemicalact, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Phthalates, Toy Recalls, Toyrecalls

  Filed under: Babies, Toddlers, Preschoolers, Kids 5-7, Kids 8-11, Health & safety, In the news, Shopping & recallsLast week, Congress passed a law designed to ensure that the massive toy recalls of 2007 are not repeated. The bill, awaiting the signature of President Bush, gives the Consumer Product Safety Commission a larger budget,

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