Toy concerns

[IowaMan]

No, not "that" kind of toy! :p

Shadozfire sent me this to pass along for those who may have little ones to think about.

http://www.kirotv.com/news/13801539/detail.html

[dicksbro]

It's really becoming a concern whether China can be depended on as supplier. I hope that's not the case, but I do have concerns.

Hats off to Fisher-Price for at least responding quickly once they learned of the problem.



Do you think there's any risk that Chinese dildos or rubbjers may cause pregancy? :yikes: :faint:

[WildIrish]

Do you think there's any risk that Chinese dildos or rubbjers may cause pregancy? :yikes: :faint:


No, but the lead paint sure explains why they taste so sweet!

[scotzoidman]

It's really becoming a concern whether China can be depended on as supplier. I hope that's not the case, but I do have concerns.

It would appear that China is finding out that the transition from "third world" to industrial power carries with it certain responsibilities that no one warned them about...

[jseal]

^^^ Oh, so very true!

[wyndhy]

or they have chosen to ignore...



i saw this earlier. i didn't buy any of them since the recall date, but we have a few of the toys that are recalled from before the date, most with the paint chewed off.:rolleyes2 i took the opportunity to tell my kids see? ya know how i'm always saying i tell you guys not to do stuff for good reasons and it's not just cause i like bossin you around? when i tell you toys aren't food and don't belong in your mouth, it's for a good reason. don't eat the toys.


ah, the teachable moment to say told ya so!. :p

[scotzoidman]

or they have chosen to ignore...
I tend to agree, I shied away from going that far only because I didn't want to inflame (too much, anyway) an already testy situation.

China has already gone as far as to execute a govt official for letting the export situation get out of hand...whether this was a real sign of reform, or just a show trial to make an example of somebody, time will tell...I personally thought that was quite barbaric & extreme, but I would allow as how I might not think so if I had lost one of my doggies to their poisoned food.

[IowaMan]

Wow!

http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5048466.html

[LixyChick]

If you want something done right...do it yourself!

You keep sending work out of this country and this is what you get! Why the surprise? And where is the savings?

[wyndhy]

i heard on GMA this morn that mattel is expected to issue yet another recall today

[Steph]

Yep, they've just recalled a mere 9 million.

[wyndhy]

^^^http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/14/recall/index.html

[jseal]

Yet another ...

Safety Recall Of Cub Scout "Totem" Badges

DALLAS, Oct. 5, 2007


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(AP) The Boy Scouts of America said that a Chinese-made painted, plastic badge commonly worn by some of its youngest scouts is being voluntarily recalled after a test revealed high levels of lead in the paint.

As many as 1.6 million of the badges, which are made in China, may be affected by the recall.

"We're doing everything we can," Boy Scouts spokesman Gregg Shields said Thursday.

The plastic totem badge is given to Cub Scouts, who are usually between the ages of 7 and 8. The badge has a yellow and blue border, includes a picture of a bear and wolf and reads "Progress Toward Ranks."

No illnesses have been reported, Shields said.

The unacceptable amounts of lead were discovered during a testing of Boy Scouts products, Shields said. He did not know the level of lead the test revealed.

The recall came the same day that the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced recalls of more than a half-million other Chinese-made products because they contain dangerous levels of lead.

The badges are supplied by Kahoot Products Inc., based in Roswell, Georgia. The company is calling for a voluntary recall of the badge and asking parents to take them away from their children.

Kahoot has supplied the badge to the Boy Scouts, based in Irving, Texas, for about eight years, Shields said. About 20,000 kits containing the badges have been sold each year since, he said.

The Boys Scouts are continuing to use Kahoot, which supplies 39 products to the organization. Shields said Kahoot has "acted responsibly in initiating this voluntary recall."

Shields said the badge was the first of 94 Boy Scouts products tested to come back positive for lead. More products are being tested, he said.