It’s almost Christmas shopping season. Have you stocked up on your lead tainted poison toys yet? We check out Toys R Us, where until today you could get Elite Operations toys. 16,000 of these action figure sets sold between July and October of this year are being recalled because of unsafe levels of lead paint.
Specifically the toys are as follows, Elite Operations Super Rigs (#1004), Command Patrol Center (#1020), Barracuda Helicopter (#1023), and 3 Pack 8-inch Figures (#1024). Other toys in the line have yet to be recalled. This on the heels of the “Ugly Teeth” toy costume teeth that were recalled for lead levels 1oo times greater than acceptable. Nice for a toy designed to go into a child’s mouth!
And while we are at it take back those Ribbit board games were sold by SimplyFun. The frogs in the games are painted with lead paint. Where were these toys made? China of course!
UPDATE: Also in the parade of recalls, Family Dollar Stores has recalled 380,000 Galaxy Warriors toy figures due to surface paints containing excessive levels of lead.
Jo Ann Stores has recalled around 97,000 Children's Gardening Tools for excessive levels of lead paint, violating the federal lead paint standard.
For a complete list so far check the Consumer Product Safety Commission's listing on their web site.
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