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More toys recalled due to lead, including Boy Scout badges

Posted at 7:15 AM on 05 Oct 2007

Over 1.5 million more children's toys and accessories were recalled in the U.S. on Thursday due to high lead levels. We had put our money on toy cars being among the next items recalled, but we stand corrected. Whoever said blocks, squeeze lights, wagons, Frankenstein cups, key chains, journals, water bottles, or lead-painted Boy Scout badges wins. All the parents and kids who bought and played with the products, however, lose.

sources: Associated Press, Reuters, Associated Press
see also, in Grist: Can a crusade against crap toys ever succeed?, Where to turn when you're sick of disposable doodads

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only a few billion more to go

This is now out of control. How many years/decades has this been going on where nobody inspected this imported crap? And what other toxic ingredients are in our products? And why do we set standards but don't enforce them? The standards are not a secret and the Chinese know full well and the brands know full well.

This morning a co-worker showed me his well worn computer mouse. The paint under the palm area was worn down to the plastic. Did he ingest lead through his palm?

This summer we had a single oil refinery shutdown due to fire. The whole country was suddenly short on gasoline and the price went sky high. The feds loosened the rules on additives so that the volume could be increased. I wonder how many toxic dumps were cleaned up by dumping it into the fuel.

Let's rename all the dollar stores to the 2 dollar store and get a measure of safety back into our useless crap.

by Vikingsson at 9:44 AM on 05 Oct 2007

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