toys made in china lead paint

Lead in Toys. China signed an agreement Tuesday to prohibit the use of lead paint on toys exported to the United States.

Mattel Recalling More Chinese Made Toys Over Lead Paint

Issued recalls Tuesday for about 9 million Chinese-made toys that contain magnets children can swallow or which could.

. Just in the last month a ghoulish fake eyeball toy made in China. The toys were coated at a factory in China with lead paint which can damage brain cells especially in children. China signed an agreement Tuesday to prohibit the use of lead paint on toys exported to the United States.

Lead in paint forces recall of wooden toys The Guardian June 19 2007 Eric S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a recall of more than 300000 Chinese-made. 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.

Excessive amounts of lead paint on toys and other childrens products led the US. The common link between many of these products. About 380000 Galaxy Warriors toys have been recalled by Henry Gordy International Inc of Plainfield NJ.

WASHINGTON AP - Toy-making giant Mattel Inc. Unveiled at the second. - In cooperation with the US.

But Wei stressed that up to 80 of the recalls of Chinese. 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. Although banned in 1978 it continues to be a hazard in 25 of US.

September 12 2007 608 AM CBSAP. The same year Marvel Toys pulled 175000 Curious George dolls from the. Toys Still on Shelves.

These toy action figures are poseable spacemen and were. Most lead poisoning in this country is caused by lead-based paint. Lead Paint Prompts Mattel Toy Recall Mattel maker of Fisher-Price toys will recall almost 1 million plastic preschool toys made in China because their paint contains excessive.

Regulation limiting the amount of lead in paint for interior and decorative use was introduced in. 11 2007 1135 AM PDT Source. This year Mattel Charts Fortune 500 the worlds largest toymaker faced three toy recalls that affected millions of its toys made in China.

Toy maker Mattel Inc. Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled more than 30000 units of BSN Sports rubber critter toys because of lead contamination. Lipton and David Barboza The New York Times.

The average total lead concentration was 92 mgkg for the 100 paint samples well below Chinas. They were made in China and contain lead paint. It issued a warning on nearly half a million Chinese-made die-cast toy cars covered in lead paint.

On Wednesday the US. To investigate whats going on here lets look at a few of the dozens of recalls that have. The toys made in China contain lead paint especially dangerous for children.

Mattel the maker of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars is recalling nearly one million toys in the United States today because the products are covered in lead. 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. The toys made in China contain lead paint especially dangerous for children.

China makes about 80 of the toys sold here and nearly all recent toy recalls for lead involved Chinese-made toys. Mattel said those toys posed lead. On Tuesday announced its third major recall of Chinese-made toys in little more than a month including 675000 Barbie doll accessories.

More toys recalled for lead paint hazards SpongeBob journals spinning tops and childrens jewelry manufactured in China found to contain excessive lead levels. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC Oriental Trading Company of Omaha Neb is voluntarily recalling. NEW YORK Mattel Inc.

Toys made in China recalled in US. 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.

As More Toys Are Recalled Trail Ends In China The New York Times