Doll maker fights Ill. recall over lead
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A popular toy maker is refusing to pull a lead-tainted doll from store shelves across Illinois, challenging a state law governing lead content in toys, the state says.
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The top U.S. product safety regulator on Tuesday urged manufacturers to remove lead from children's products now and not wait for congressional action that would essentially ban the toxic substance from toys.
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Dollar Tree Stores Inc recalled 300,000 baby bead toys and toy cars made in China because they contain excessive levels of lead, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday.
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Wal-Mart officials said yesterday they were asking toy suppliers to submit recent safety documentation or re-test their products in response to the wave of recalled merchandise from China that has cast a shadow over the upcoming holiday shopping season.
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As holiday shoppers hunted for safe toys Sunday, Democrat Barack Obama touted his plan for tighter regulation of Chinese-made playthings, millions of which have been recalled because of unsafe levels of lead.
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What happened to all the lead-tainted products that have been recalled recently? Most, it turns out, may still be in consumersâ hands.
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Holiday shoppers may worry if the toys they buy contain lead, but some scientists are urging consumers to focus on the thousands of chemicals in everyday household items.
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Members of Congress sent a letter to the chief executive of Mattel, accusing the company of not living up to its promise to keep lead-tainted toys out of childrenâs hands.
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Holiday shoppers may worry about whether the toys they buy contain lead, but some scientists are urging consumers to focus on the thousands of chemicals in everyday household items.
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The latest recall â the third in five weeks â covers 675,000 units of various Barbie accessory toys that were manufactured from Sept. 30, 2006, to Aug. 20.
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Retailer Toys "R" Us said on Wednesday that it is expanding its efforts to inform shoppers of the latest toy recalls after a slew of Chinese-made toys were pulled from store shelves this summer due to unsafe levels of lead paint.
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Toymaker Mattel Inc is set to announce a third recall of Chinese-made toys because they may contain too much lead paint, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.
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From the outside, it looks like business as usual at the Consumer Product Safety Commission . The agency issued more than a dozen voluntary recall notices during the first two weeks of this month, pulling off the market batteries that can ignite, hooded sweatshirts with drawstrings that can choke...
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Toy industry officials were contrite yesterday in their first appearance before Congress following the recent recall of millions of toys because of lead paint and other hazards.
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Toy maker apologises for blaming Chinese suppliers over a spate of recalls of substandard products.
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Mattel Inc. , said late yesterday it is recalling about 700,000 Chinese-made toys that have excessive amounts of lead paint.
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A black engineer sued Disney's American Broadcasting Co on Monday, saying his supervisors refused to remove a black doll that dangled from a hangman's noose near his work station for more than a year.