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

By on 19 Mar, 2009 in DNA Kits, FloraCraft, Lead Exposure Hazard, Lead paint, Recall, Solar System Kits

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.

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RECALL: Children’s Flip Flops Due to Violation of Lead in Paint Standard

By on 03 Mar, 2009 in Alpargatas, Children’s flip flops, Havaianas flip flops, Lead Exposure Hazard, Recall

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Alpargatas today announced a voluntary recall of about 210,000 pairs of Children’s flip flops because the decorative paint on the sole of the flip flops can contain levels of lead in excess of the federal standard.

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

By on 26 Dec, 2008 in baby gear, Lead Exposure Hazard, Munire Cribs, Recall

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. [...]

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RECALL: Casper Halloween Figurines by Coyne’s & Company for Lead Hazard

By on 30 Oct, 2008 in Lead Exposure Hazard, Recalls

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Coyne’s and Company, has voluntarily announced the recall of about Casper the Friendly Ghost® Halloween Mini-Figurines because of high levels of lead in the paint. The recalled Casper the Friendly Ghost® mini-figurines are made of resin and paper, and are three inches tall. They were sold [...]

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Hannah Montana Items Found Containing High Lead Content

By on 22 Mar, 2008 in Lead Exposure Hazard

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 Post-Dispatch [...]

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RECALL: Toy Airplanes, Cars, and Motorcycles Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

By on 13 Mar, 2008 in Lead Exposure Hazard, Recalls

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with S.U. Wholesale Inc, today announced a voluntary recall of about 5,000 X Force Commander Toy Airplanes and Super Famous Toy Cars and Motorcycles because the recalled toys contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard. The “X Force Commander” is a set of [...]

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Lead Found In Some Popular Baby Products

By on 11 Feb, 2008 in Lead Exposure Hazard, Medela, Skip Hop

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. [...]

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RECALL: Children’s Sketchbooks Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

By on 06 Feb, 2008 in Lead Exposure Hazard, Recalls

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with eeBoo Corp today announced a voluntary recall of about 80,000 sketchbooks with colored spirals because the paint on the sketchbooks’ colored spiral metal bindings contains excessive levels of lead violating the federal lead paint standard. The recalled children’s sketchbooks have colored spiral metal bindings, drawing paper, [...]

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

By on 24 Jan, 2008 in Lead Exposure Hazard, Recalls

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 [...]

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RECALL: Cranium Cadoo Board Games Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

By on 17 Jan, 2008 in Lead Exposure Hazard, Recalls

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC), in cooperation with Cranium Inc, today announced a voluntary recall of 38,000 Cranium Cadoo Board Games because the surface paint on the dice contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard. Only the dice found in Cranium Cadoo board games with lot numbers 2007195 through 2007244 [...]

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RECALL: Toy Wagons Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

By on 04 Jan, 2008 in Lead Exposure Hazard, Recalls

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, [...]

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Health Canada Says Home Lead Test Kits Are Unreliable

By on 20 Dec, 2007 in Home Lead Test Kits, Lead Exposure Hazard

With the increase in lead hazard recalls this year, many parents are turning to home test kits to determine whether or not their children’s toys are safe. At the end of October the CPSC released a statement that: “Many of the tests performed using the kits did not detect lead when it was there (false [...]

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RECALL: Dollar Tree Store Toys Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

By on 13 Dec, 2007 in Lead Exposure Hazard, Recalls

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Greenbrier International Inc have issued a recall on about 300,000 Baby Toys Baby Bead & Wire Toys and Speed Racer Pull Back & Go Action! Cars because the recalled toys contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard. The Baby Bead & Wire Toys are [...]

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