Toy Recall.
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Washington – Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys – including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters – because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead.
The worldwide recall being announced Thursday involves 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. It is the latest in a wave of recalls that has heightened global concern about the safety of Chinese-made products.
The recall is the first for Fisher-Price Inc. and parent company Mattel Inc. involving lead paint. It is the largest for Mattel since 1998 when Fisher-Price had to yank about 10 million Power Wheels from toy stores.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, David Allmark, general manager of Fisher-Price, said the problem was detected by an internal probe and reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. [ap]
Check out http://www.service.mattel.com
then click on Recall Information and then on HELP ME to see a list and pictures of the toys recalled.
or
http://www.service.mattel.com/us/recall/default.asp?recall_id=52430
then click HELP ME to see a list and pictures of the toys recalled.
Shloma maybe you should ad the links in the MAIN article and send it in the EMAILS as a SPECIAL UPDATE…. this is VERY important!!!!!
If this is what is happening to the big companies with expensive chemistry labs, I fear what is happening with items produced by for the smaller companies or sold under chinese and no name labels.
MADE IN CHINA
JUST LOOK FOR THAT LABEL AND STAY AWAY