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In keeping with a “top ten” list, and well, because recall alert these days come left and right, I figured it’s best to just list the recall news this week in October.
TOYS THAT VIOLATE LEAD STANDARDS (click on the link for more information)
Disney™ Winnie-the-Pooh Play Sets
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® Travel Art Set
Bendable Dinosaur Toys […]
I don’t wish to make this blog all, and just about, recall alerts, but today is the crackdown on LEAD PAINT VIOLATIONS.
Four more products are listed on the Consumer Product Safety Commission, for hazardous levels of lead on the toys.
Click on the links to find out if you possess any of these toys, and.. you […]
You guessed it… VIOLATION OF LEAD PAINT STANDARD.
Baby Einstein Discover & Play Color Blocks, distributed by Kids II, have surface paint with excessive levels of lead.
The blocks are made of soft textures and come in different colors. Only date codes of GE7, GF7, and GG7 are included in this recall. The model number and date […]
Another product being pulled off the shelves…
Key chains sold at Dollar General stores contain high levels of lead, and must be recalled immediately.
They were sold from June 2005 through August 2007 for about $1.
June 2005… that was a while back, so check your purses and stash-aways for these key chains. And again, remove them immediately […]
Another violation of lead paint standards…
Bookmarks and Journals published by Antioch Publishing, of Yellow Springs, Ohio are being recalled because of lead hazard. These and others (see list below fold) were sold nationwide from March 2005 through October 2007 for between $4 and $14.
The character-themed bookmarks and journals include the following designs:
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Target announced a voluntarily recall of PLUSH BOYS RATTLE due to choking hazard.
The rattles can break open, release the small beads inside and pose a choking hazard for young children. They were sold exclusively at Target stores nationwide from March 2007 through May 2007 for about $1.
The recalled rattles were sold in three styles: a […]
Fisher-Price announces a voluntary recall of 90,000 toys, effective immediately for excessive lead on its surface paints.
It’s the Geo Trax Locomotive Toys, pictured here.
The affected models have a date code between 212-6CK through 365-6CK or 001-7CK through 232-7CK marked on the bottom of the product. Consumers are urged to take the toys away from children.
Mattel […]
With the recent spat of children’s toys recalled left and right, parents of toddlers and young children are getting more and more worried and scared. Friends of ours got so worried about the recalls that the dad even bought a lead-paint detector and vowed never to buy any toy from China anymore. There is cause […]
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Written by Grace Ibay, M.H.S. [email] for b5media.
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