More child products recalled on lead concerns

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: MarketWatch

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced recalls of more than half a million items on Thursday, ranging from flashlights and key chains to toy blocks and drink tumblers.
The recalls come as product safety has been in the spotlight in the wake of high-profile recalls of pet food, toothpaste, snacks and most recently toys.

Eveready Battery Co. recalled about 78,500 toy flashlights because of lead paint levels that violate U.S. standards. The "Pirates of the Caribbean Medallion Squeeze Lights," sold under the company's Energizer brand, were found to have unacceptable levels of lead paint in the leather straps attached to the flashlights. The flashlights, which were made in China, were distributed in retail stores from September 2006 to October 2007.

About 63,000 Frankenstein tumblers were recalled for violation of federal lead-paint standards. The tumblers are sold at Dollar General Merchandising Inc. stores nationwide and are manufactured in China.
Dollar General also recalled about 192,000 key chains containing high levels of lead. This recall involves key chains with a coiled cord and a metal charm with one of the following engraved words: "wisdom", "truth", "believe", "love", "hope", or "dream". The key chains were sold on a cardboard tab with floral designs and the words "Metal Keyring" and "$1" on the front. The items were made in China.

The CPSC sought the immediate recall of about 15,000 "Children's Toy Decorating Sets" sold exclusively at Toys "R" Us Inc. due to excessive lead content in the paint. The toys are manufactured by CKI Toys of Hong Kong and made in China.

Read more: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/flashlights-keychains-toys-recalled-lead/story.aspx?guid=%7BD6C1A916-50DF-4BD5-A60D-F1BE84A3C715%7D

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Mods, this is in addition to the recall I posted earlier.

Previous post here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3016592&mesg_id=3016592


Parents, please read the entire article as it's a long list.

Link to CPSC list here: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prereloct07.html

[Deja Q]

1. Flashlights as toys sound stupid enough... kids would probably take out and suck on the batteries.

still, more lead paint? That cannot be blamed as a 'fault by the American design team'.

[Pirate Smile]

5. You need a screwdriver to get to the battery compartment in most kid flashlights.

[glowing]

6. Actually, not really... Ever play flashlight tag at a sleep over...

Ever keep a flashlight by kids bed in case power goes out in the middle of the night and would have a light to see to get around in the house by... Not a stupid idea.. I wouldn't say this is designed for a 2 year old... But you would have to be old enought that Pirates of the Carribean wouldn't give you nightmares... I'd say 9 - 11 maybe?

[asjr]

2. A very lethal way to learn our

lesson about outsourcing our jobs to China.

[fasttense]

3. I hope those loving parents

who supported this insane deregulation policy don't let their children play with these "free trade" byproduct.

"About 35,000 Baby Einstein Discover & Play Color Blocks were recalled because the surface paint on the blue block contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal standard. Baby Einstein is a unit of Walt Disney Co. (DIS:Walt Disney Company). The toys were made in China.

Antioch Publishing recalled 150,000 bookmarks and journals, which were manufactured in China, citing a violation of the lead-paint standard.
KB Toys is recalling about 10,000 Wooden Pull-Along Alphabet & Math Blocks Wagons, Wooden Pull-Along Learning Blocks Wagons, 10-in-1 Activity Learning Carts, and Flip-Flop Alphabet Blocks because surface paints on the toys can contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard. The items were made in China."

[RavensChick]

4. That's why I'm glad for alternatives

With all these recalls, the best gift to give your children is love. Toys are materialistic, but love lasts forever.