WASHINGTON - The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced an 11th-hour recall Wednesday to warn consumers that fake Halloween teeth sold by the tens of thousands since last year contain excessive amounts of lead.
WASHINGTON - More than a half-million Chinese-made products were recalled Thursday, including “Pirates of the Caribbean” and Baby Einstein toys, because they contain dangerous levels of lead.
Amid a fresh wave of toy recalls yesterday, a consumer advocacy group said it had found hazardous levels of lead in many toys made out of vinyl plastic, potentially expanding the scope of testing and recalls of contaminated toys.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Mattel, announced a recall of 844,000 toys that contain excessive levels of lead paint Tuesday night - the third such recall of Chinese-manufactured toys by Mattel this summer.In a statement issued by Mattel, the company apologized to consumers and said that it had spent more than 50,000 hours investigating its vendors and testing its toys. It said that 11 additional types of toys had been discovered that needed to be recalled.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Toys "R" Us Inc. on Thursday announced a recall of about 27,000 Imaginarium wooden coloring cases that were made in China because the printed ink on the outer packaging of the wood case contains lead.
LOS ANGELES — A family sued Mattel on Monday, claiming the world's largest toy maker should pay for testing to determine if children have been exposed to lead from millions of recalled toys. The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, said attorney Jeffrey Killino in Philadelphia.The complaint was brought by Adrian and Michael Powell, of Fontana, Calif., on behalf of their children, Megan and Morgan. The couple claims Mattel was negligent and should establish a fund in an unspecified amount to pay for medical screening, such as blood tests, and other monitoring.
Toy manufacturer Mattel recalled nearly 19 million Chinese-made toys Tuesday, including 436,000 toy cars containing lead paint. That was only two weeks after yanking nearly a million of its Fisher-Price toys for preschoolers due to lead content. Why would a toymaker ever use lead paint?
(CNN) -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission will announce Tuesday morning that some of Mattel's "Sarge" die cast toys from the Pixar "Cars" movie line will be recalled because of excessive lead in the paint.The affected toys also include Barbie Doll and Tanner, which the commission says pose hazards because of small magnets. These products were produced by one specific contract manufacturer during a narrow time frame.
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 paint. According to Mattel, all the toys were made by a contract manufacturer in China.The recall, the second biggest this year involving toys, covers 83 products made from April 19 to July 6. Many of them feature Sesame Street and Nickelodeon characters — including the Elmo Tub Sub, the Dora the Explorer Backpack, and the Giggle Gabber, a toy shaped like Elmo or Cookie Monster that toddlers shake to hear giggles and funny noises.