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toy recalls stories: 13 news summaries

 Wal-Mart Tightens
 Toy Safety Standards 

Retailer goes beyond government requirements

May 14, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(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’... More »

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

'Regulation' No Longer a Dirty Word in DC

Wall St. woes, toy and food scares have pols of all stripes on board

Mar 24, 08 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Regulation" is becoming less of a dirty word in Washington in the wake of the mortgage meltdown, woes on Wall Street, and scares over tainted food and toys. Many Democrats and even some Republicans want a shift from voluntary industry standards in vogue since the Reagan administration. "We're... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • pet food recall • food contamination • SEC • Christopher Cox • credit crisis • regulation • toy recalls • lobbyists • House Energy and Commerce Committee • subprime crisis • Glenn Hubbard

New Tests: 35% of Toys Contain Some Lead

Many offenders still on shelves, environmental health groups say

Dec 5, 07 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Toy shelves are still lined with lead, according to test results released today from environmental health groups in nine states. Checking 1,268 toys, the groups found lead in 35%, with levels often surpassing federal recall standards. Only 23 of those toys have been recalled. “This is not about... More »

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lead poisoning • Consumer Product Safety Commission • toy recalls • lead tainted toys • lead paint

Lead Toys Get Charities Grinchy

Checking endless recall lists saps limited resources for many

Nov 21, 07 2:04 PM CST
(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... More »

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Chinese toys • toy recalls • Christmas • lead tainted toys • Salvation Army

Don't Blame China for Toy Recalls: Study

75% stem from
design flaws, not manufacturing

Nov 13, 07 6:13 PM CST
(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.... More »

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China • business • Mattel • manufacturing • toy recalls

New Chinese Toy Recall Sparks Fury in Congress

Consumer agency 'overwhelmed'

Oct 5, 07 4:32 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

500K Toys Recalled Over Lead

Levels above legal limit in China-made bookmarks, blocks, key chains

Oct 4, 07 3:19 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Buyer, Beware of Recalled Goods on EBay

Online auction
stalwart warns users
to screen carefully

Oct 3, 07 12:03 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Recalls Our Fault, Mattel Tells China

Toy company admits
it bungled designs, recalled too many toys

Sep 21, 07 7:30 AM CDT
(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"... More »

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China • Mattel • toy recalls • lead tainted toys

Toymakers Play Games With Regulations

Call for more safety testing a cynical move, Slate critic contends

Sep 12, 07 12:01 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

China Agrees to End Lead Toy Imports

After third Mattel recall, Beijing seeks to end fallout

Sep 11, 07 2:10 PM CDT
(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.... More »

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

Recalls Will Increase 'Made in China' Prices

New quality standards are expected to pinch consumers' pockets

Sep 9, 07 10:44 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

US, China Grow Closer Despite Touchy Issues

Bush accepts Olympics invitation; talks recalls, environment with Hu

Sep 6, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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