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Most lead poisoning in this country is caused by lead-based paint. Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a recall of more than 300000 Chinese-made items on Wednesday.

Mattel Issues New Massive China Toy Recall

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Toy maker Mattel Inc. Both regulations limit the lead content of paint to 90 ppm of soluble lead ie the amount of lead that can be extracted by a standard acid treatment to simulate the. This year Mattel Charts Fortune 500 the worlds largest toymaker faced three toy recalls that affected millions of its toys made in China.

Despite Congress enacting stronger protections for toys and other childrens products 10 years ago this month due to a rash of China-manufactured lead contaminated toys some toys with lead paint. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC Oriental Trading Company of Omaha Neb is voluntarily recalling approximately 44400 wooden toys because some of the paint on the toys contains high levels of lead. Toys Still on Shelves.

2 Mattel recalled about 15 million Chinese-made Fisher-Price toys including characters such as Dora the Explorer Big Bird and Elmo that contain lead paint. The simplest answer experts and toy companies in China say is price. In 2008 the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act CPSIA pdf icon PDF 118 KB external icon was signed into law requiring toys and infant products to be tested to.

Toy manufacturer Mattel recalled nearly 19 million Chinese-made toys Tuesday including 436000 toy cars containing lead paint. Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled more than 30000 units of BSN Sports rubber critter toys because of lead contamination. Although banned in 1978 it continues to be a hazard in 25 of US.

Zhang Shuhong the boss of a major. China makes about 80 of the toys sold here and nearly all recent toy recalls for lead involved Chinese-made toys. China signed an agreement Tuesday to prohibit the use of lead paint on toys exported to the United States.

- In cooperation with the US. In 2007 467 different types of toys made in China were recalledincluding a slew of toys containing lead paint which can harm brain development in children. The Chinese toy factory owner at the centre of the storm over lead-tainted Sesame Street figures has committed suicide the state-run media reported today.

On Tuesday announced its third major recall of Chinese-made toys in little more than a month including 675000 Barbie doll accessories because of excessive. Paint with higher levels of lead often sells for a third of the cost of. But Wei stressed that up to 80 of the recalls of Chinese toys were for design.

Lead may be found in the paint metal and plastic parts of some toys and toy jewelry particularly those made in other countries and also antique toys and collectibles. Regulation limiting the amount of lead in paint for interior and decorative use was introduced in China in 2001 complementing the Toy Safety standard introduced in 1986 for lead in paint on childrens toys. That was only two weeks after yanking nearly a million of its Fisher.

Mattel Inc the worlds largest toy maker was forced to announce another recall of products made in China because of excessive amounts of lead paint dealing a blow to its reputation. Mattel the maker of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars is recalling nearly one million toys in the United States today because the. The latest action.

The remaining recalls consisted of 436000 China-made die-cast toy cars depicting the character Sarge from the animation film Cars. NEW YORK Mattel Inc. On Tuesday issued a recall for 9 million toys made in China because they contain magnets that can be dislodged and swallowed or they may contain lead paint.

Excessive amounts of lead paint on toys and other childrens products led the US. Lead in Toys. CPSC standards ban toys containing high levels of lead.

Mattel Inc the worlds largest toy company announced a third major recall of China-made toys in more than a month on September 4 because of excessive amounts of lead paint. The average total lead concentration was 92 mgkg for the 100 paint samples well below Chinas regulatory threshold of 600 mgkg for paints used in toy manufacture GAQSIQ 2009 and the EU threshold of 130 mgkg for migratable lead concentrations EU Toy Safety Directive 200948EC but slightly above the corresponding US regulatory threshold of 90. WASHINGTON AP - Toy-making giant Mattel Inc.

September 12 2007 608 AM CBSAP. China signed an agreement Tuesday to prohibit the use of lead paint on toys exported to. Issued recalls Tuesday for about 9 million Chinese-made toys that contain magnets.

Unveiled at the second joint US-China summit on. Mattel said those toys posed lead poisoning and.

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