WARNING ALERT...TOY RECALL!

[pk]

Peanut Butter scare...last summer some kind of vegtable scare wasn't it?...Then comes the dog food, cat food...hot dog sauce...and now:


HEALTH ALERT: Childrens toys made in China. USPSC issues NATIONAL recall of FISHER PRICE toys
made in CHINA with excessive LEAD.

(even dora isn't safe anymore!! 8O )

CHECK OUT THIS WEBSITE FOR FULL STORY AND LIST OF TOYS:

WEBSITE: http://www.emergencyemail.org/newsem....asp?a=228&z=1

[pk]

Chinese executive kills self amid recall

The head of a Chinese manufacturer whose lead-tainted Sesame Street toys were the center of a massive U.S. recall has killed himself, a state-run newspaper said Monday.

Cheung Shu-hung, who co-owned Lee Der Industrial Co., committed suicide at a warehouse over the weekend, apparently by hanging himself, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.

"When I rushed there around 5 p.m., police had already sealed off the area," the newspaper quoted a manager surnamed Liu as saying. "I saw that our boss had two deep marks in his neck."
Though the report did not give a reason for Cheung's apparent suicide — and the company declined to discuss the matter — Lee Der was under pressure in a global controversy over the safety of Chinese made products.

This month, Mattel Inc., one of the largest U.S. toy companies, was forced to recall 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by Lee Der because they were decorated with paint found to have excessive amounts of lead. The toys, sold in the U.S. under the Fisher-Price brand, included likenesses of Big Bird and Elmo, as well as the Dora and Diego characters.

Days later, Chinese officials temporarily banned Lee Der from exporting products. The Southern Metropolis Daily, citing unidentified Lee Der workers, said the recall cost the company $30 million.
The recall was among the largest in recent months involving Chinese products, which have come under scrutiny worldwide for containing potentially dangerous high levels of chemicals and toxins.

FULL STORY HERE: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070813/...6N5cKjkHhv24cA

[pk]

Mattel Adds 9 Million Toys To Recall
Polly Pocket, Barbie, Batman Toys In Recall

Threats from powerful magnets and lead paint led Mattel to recall more than 9 million toys on Tuesday, just weeks after it recalled 1 million other products.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission said that magnets can come loose and be swallowed in more than 7 million Polly Pocket toys, 680,000 Barbie and Tanner sets, 1 million Doggie Daycare sets and 350,000 Batman figures.

The surface pain on 250,000 Sarge cars from the movie "Cars" were also added to the recall.

FULL STORY HERE: http://www.nbc5.com/family/13884773/...09090508142007

[pk]

Magnetic Toy Poses Hidden Danger For Kids
Swallowed Magnets Can Tear Through Internal Organs


When parents buy toys with small magnets used to join pieces, they will probably see the choking hazard warning on the box.

But an Ohio doctor said there's another danger if a child swallows the magnets. Dr. Alan Oestreich said seven children have been treated for internal damage caused when more than one magnet was swallowed.
He said that the magnetic attraction is so powerful, the pieces will actually rip through tissue

FULL STORY HERE: http://www.nbc5.com/family/13712287/detail.html

[j10asen]

I was coming here to place a post about this topic but pk beat me to punch.

so I will just add my thoughts.
Hey Mattel? how much money have you sdaved because to took job away from Americans because they want too much pay so you could exploit the Chinese with very low wages? And then you expose our children to materials not allowed for manufacture in the USA.
So who is a terrosits now?
Hoiw many more American companies off shore thier work to sub-standard working conditions and materials?
Should we really be buying this stuff?
consuming their stuff?

This is something to consider when shopping!!!!

also in Yahoo headlines

The rising superpower? Friend or foe, What have they got to loose?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070814/...a2008_campaign

[keith]

Read about this in the Wall Street Journal a couple of times this week.

A major black eye for Mattel.

Tough to screw up that badly, though it is awful to have a man take his own life over it.

Regards,
Keith

[pk]

And to think that Mattel has been around since...forever...every child has at least one Mattel toy.

[NikkiQubitz]

Chinese laws are totally differant than American laws, and I honestly don't think that any American Co. would knowingly pose a hazard to any of our children. Terrible shame that this is happening.As if the world doesn't have enough trouble already.

[NikkiQubitz]

Chinese laws are totally differant than American laws, and I honestly don't think that any American Co. would knowingly pose a hazard to any of our children. Terrible shame that this is happening.As if the world doesn't have enough trouble already.

[CarolsCritterCare]

Originally Posted by pk

Chinese executive kills self amid recall

The head of a Chinese manufacturer whose lead-tainted Sesame Street toys were the center of a massive U.S. recall has killed himself, a state-run newspaper said Monday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070813/ap_on_bi_ge/china_tainted_products&printer=1;_ylt=AovAcVRGzBlj F46N5cKjkHhv24cA[/url]

This whole situation is so sad
Carol

[CarolsCritterCare]

Originally Posted by j10asen

I was coming here to place a post about this topic but pk beat me to punch.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070814/...a2008_campaign

:lol: PK has those speedy fast fingers.........speed of lightning she is!
Carol