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  • May 2008

    • Wal-Mart Tightens Toy Safety Standards

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 14, 08 1:49 PM CDT

      Wal-Mart Tightens Toy Safety Standards

      (Newser) - Wal-Mart is adopting stricter toy safety standards, going above and beyond existing government requirements, the Wall Street Journal reports. The standards set hard lead limits, and encourage “traceability information,” to show where toys are from. Complying could boost toymakers’ costs by 5%-7%, but since Wal-Mart is the world’s top toy seller, expect companies to fall in line. More »

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      Wal-Mart  • toys  • toy recalls  • lead tainted toys  • Chinese toys  • toy safety

  • March 2008
  • December 2007
  • November 2007

    • Lead Toys Get Charities Grinchy

      MSNBC  |  Nov 21, 07 2:04 PM CST

      Lead Toys Get Charities Grinchy

      (Newser) - Rampant toy recalls are putting a real cramp in the holiday spirit at many charities, MSNBC reports. Toy drives must devote so much manpower to checking donations against lists of lead-contaminated recalls that many have stopped the Santa act entirely. “You don’t know what you’re getting, you really don’t,” said one Salvation Army manager. “So we just throw them all away.” More »

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      Christmas  • lead tainted toys  • toy recalls  • Chinese toys

    • Don't Blame China for Toy Recalls: Study

      Globe and Mail  |  Nov 13, 07 6:13 PM CST

      Don't Blame China for Toy Recalls: Study

      (Newser) - Don't blame China for soaring toy recalls, a new Canuck study says; the problem is design. "If you are going to get into a finger-pointing game, you should point it mostly on the design side," said a Canadian prof. "It has got nothing to do with China." Recalls of toys made elsewhere actually spiked higher than Chinese-made products, the Globe & Mail reports. More »

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      China  • business  • manufacturing  • Mattel  • toy recalls

  • October 2007

    • New Chinese Toy Recall Sparks Fury in Congress

      Reuters  |  Oct 5, 07 4:32 AM CDT

      New Chinese Toy Recall Sparks Fury in Congress

      (Newser) - The embattled Consumer Product Safety Commission announced yet another recall of dangerous toys from China yesterday as it came under withering fire in Congress over a recent wave of product safety problems.  Another half million toys made in China are being recalled because of lead paint contamination. The announcement was made just minutes before the acting chairwoman of the federal agency  testified before a Senate subcommittee. More »

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      China  • toy recalls  • Claire McCaskill  • Consumer Product Safety Commission  • Dick Durbin  • lead paint  • Nancy Nord  • Mark Pryor

    • 500K Toys Recalled Over Lead

      Reuters  |  Oct 4, 07 3:19 PM CDT

      500K Toys Recalled Over Lead

      (Newser) - Over half a million Chinese-made toys have been recalled due to dangerous lead levels, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today. Toys ranging from Winnie the Pooh bookmarks to Baby Einstein color blocks were found to contain levels above the .06% legal limit, Reuters reports. 192,000 dollar-store key chains were also on the recall list - not for children, but still unsafe. More »

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      toy recalls  • lead tainted toys  • lead poisoning  • Chinese toys

    • Buyer, Beware of Recalled Goods on EBay

      Associated Press  |  Oct 3, 07 12:03 PM CDT

      Buyer, Beware of Recalled Goods on EBay

      (Newser) - After the recent recall of 21 million toys, eBay has cautioned its shoppers about buying tainted goods—and warned sellers of them they may be kicked off the site. The internet phenom says it’s unable to police all items in its marketplace, but will be providing tip sheets and links to a recall database. Indeed, eBay has little legal liability, AP reports. More »

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      eBay  • Mattel  • online auction  • toy recalls  • watchdog  • Thomas and Friends

  • September 2007

    • Recalls Our Fault, Mattel Tells China

      Associated Press  |  Sep 21, 07 7:30 AM CDT

      Recalls Our Fault, Mattel Tells China

      (Newser) - The fallout from Mattel's recall of Chinese-made products took a bizarre turn today as the toy company apologized to Beijing and took the blame for design flaws in lead-tainted toys, AP reports. In a meeting with China's top product safety chief, a Mattel VP called the recalls "overly inclusive" and apologized for hurting "the reputation of Chinese manufacturers." More »

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      China  • Mattel  • toy recalls  • lead tainted toys

    • Toymakers Play Games With Regulations

      Slate  |  Sep 12, 07 12:01 PM CDT

      Toymakers Play Games With Regulations

      (Newser) - The toy industry’s new safety-testing push may succeed in rebuilding trust, but it’s likely to leave dangerous ways unchecked—and the big guys know it, argues Slate’s E. Marla Felcher. The current scandals are matters of enforcement, not of the regulations themselves, but the new call for third-party testing looks, superficially, like a step forward. More »

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      Christmas  • toys  • recall  • Mattel  • toy recalls  • product safety  • lead

    • China Agrees to End Lead Toy Imports

      CNN  |  Sep 11, 07 2:10 PM CDT

      China Agrees to End Lead Toy Imports

      (Newser) - After three recalls by Mattel and growing nail-biting among parents, Chinese officials have signed an agreement with Washington to stop using lead paint in imported toys, CNNMoney reports. Although the US outlawed sales of lead-painted toys in 1978, Chinese-made products containing the hazardous metal continue to seep into the market. Today's announcement signaled China's desire to preserve its market presence in America. More »

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      China  • toys  • recall  • Mattel  • toy recalls  • lead

    • Recalls Will Increase 'Made in China' Prices

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 9, 07 10:44 AM CDT

      Recalls Will Increase 'Made in China' Prices

      (Newser) - Following a series of high-profile toy recalls and international criticism over China's export standards, the the cost of merchandise bearing the "Made in China" is expected to rise at least 10% in the next year, the LA Times reports. "For American consumers, the big China sale over the last 20 years is over," says one economist. More »

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      China  • exports  • recall  • Chinese economy  • toy recalls  • foreign labor  • labor costs

    • US, China Grow Closer Despite Touchy Issues

      New York Times  |  Sep 6, 07 3:18 PM CDT

      US, China Grow Closer Despite Touchy Issues

      (Newser) - President Bush accepted an invitation today from China’s president to attend next summer’s Olympics, a gesture that will likely anger human rights activists but may increase pressure on Beijing, the Times reports. In a 90-minute meeting in the eve of the APEC summit, Hu Jintao and Bush also discussed climate change and recalls of Chinese-made toys. More »

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      George W. Bush  • China  • climate change  • United States  • Australia  • military  • human rights  • Olympic Games  • Hu Jintao  • toy recalls

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