Toy Recalls

<p>The Safety Issues With Children'S Toys</p><p>By [Http://Ezinearticles.Com/?Expert=Tim_J._Anderson]Tim J. Anderson</p><p></p><p>What Is This World Coming To When We Cannot Even Rely On The Safety Of Innocent Toys For Our Kids? Things Aren ...

<div id="subtitle">Toy maker Mattel's 2nd-quarter profit falls as costs offset higher sales</div><div><p>Mattel Inc. said Friday its second-quarter profit fell by nearly half as higher costs offset strong sales of toys related to summer movies like "Kung Fu Panda" and the latest Batman ...

&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Company says it has instituted new safety procedures&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A Chicago judge has given preliminary approval to a $30 million settlement in a class action lawsuit filed after the recall of lead-contaminated Thomas &amp;amp; Friends wooden railroad toys. &lt;p&gt;The company agreed to provide ...

&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Defective design, lax oversight cause most safety problems, study finds&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt; Although China and lead paint are the current foci of &lt;a id="KonaLink0"&gt;toy&lt;/a&gt; safety issues, a new study finds that design errors by U.S. &lt;a id="KonaLink1"&gt ...

&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Toys Made in China Contain Lead-Based Paint&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;China is again at the center of a nationwide recall.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This one involves nearly 1 million Fisher-Price toys pulled off the market late Wednesday because they may contain excessive levels of lead paint ...

&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Lead paint, choking hazards reported&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt; CBB Group Inc. is recalling about 39,000 toys sold at dollar stores and toy stores nationwide. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The recalled toys include fishing games, rattles, pull cars and cartoon bubble guns. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p ...

<div><p>China's toy makers must not use the financial crisis as an excuse to cut corners in efforts to comply with new product safety rules imposed by importers, a US regulator said in Hong Kong Wednesday.</p><p>Richard O'Brien, a director at the US Consumer ...

&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt; Fisher-Price is recalling about 200,000 Simplicity Rainforest portable play yards following numerous complaints of rails collapsing and posing a fall and entrapment hazard to young children. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said that Fisher-Price was taking the action voluntarily, even ...

<div id="subtitle">Group says lead levels in toys improved from last year but urges stricter standards</div><div><p>After the high-profile recalls of millions of lead-contaminated toys last year, a watchdog group said Wednesday that its tests found fewer toys with high levels of chemicals in ...

<div id="subtitle">California says toy companies to pay nearly $1.8M to resolve lawsuit over lead-tainted toys</div><div><p>Nine toy companies, including Mattel Inc., agreed to pay a total of nearly $1.8 million to settle a lawsuit over Chinese-made toys tainted with lead, California state and ...