RECALL: Educational Craft Kits by FloraCraft Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

The U.S. CPSC, in cooperation with FloraCraft Corp, today announced a voluntary recall of about 930,000 Solar System Kits and DNA Kits because the surface coating on the educational kit’s wires can contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.

RECALL: Munire Cribs and Matching Furniture Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Munire Furniture Inc, today announced a voluntary recall about 3,000 Cribs and 6,000 Matching Furniture Pieces Newport Rubbed Black 4-in-1 Cribs and Matching Furniture.
The red paint which is underneath the black finish paint on some of the cribs and matching furniture exceeds federal lead limits. If [...]

Hannah Montana Items Found Containing High Lead Content

Word is that Hannah Montana’s licenced gear may be recalled due to high lead levels in some of the items.
Testing by the Center for Environmental Health in Oakland, Calif., found that some of the “Montana” items for sale at Toys R’ Us, Wal-Mart and Target had high levels of lead, the St. Louis [...]

Lead Found In Some Popular Baby Products

An Environmental group based in California has found lead in some popular baby products made of vinyl plastic.

The products include a Medela-brand cooler for storing breast milk, a cooler sold with the First Years breast pump manufactured by RC2, a Playtex baby bottle cooler and a vinyl pacifier carrying case made by Skip Hop.
The [...]

RECALL: Toy Wooden Block and Train Sets Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with First Learning Company Ltd about 15,000 Mass Big Wooden Blocks and Jumbo Wooden Train Sets because Surface paint on some pieces of the toys contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.
The Big Wooden Blocks contain 30 or 60 colorful block pieces in [...]

RECALL: Toy Wagons Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation Tricam Industries, today announced a voluntary recall of about 15,000 Toy metal wagons because surface paint on the wagon bucket contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.
This recall involves the red metal wagon model MH1250. The wagon has a red steel bucket, a [...]