BlogMerit.com - Mattel Recalls Million+ Toys Made in China


	BlogMerit.com - Mattel Recalls Million+ Toys Made in China

Digi-Words

8-2-2007 8:33 PM

331 views

tags:

china, mattel, toys, recall, lead poisining, child safety

1 Comment |

Add a Comment

8-2-2007 8:45 PM

docdoober

yep, the US retailer/manufacturer should be screening this crap.

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

China to the rescue?

China forcing 6-months pregnant woman to a...

CLUSTER BOMB TREATY

US global dominance 'set to wane'

China's Spiraling Shanghai Tower Breaks gr...

China to classify internet addiction as an...

More clips from Digi-Words

Dachshund (piebald) Puppies for Sale

Cool eBay ToGo Widget - it display LIVE au...

Know When To Fold 'em...

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from August 2, 2007

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/482df0dd-86a2-4983-8681-9cf9cbc4b853/5B8E9226-DD88-48E3-89FA-0E1764810055/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0230401920070802" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0230401920070802" style="font-size: 11px;">www.reuters.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0230401920070802"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.reuters.com/img/4DD35CFE-3356-4A36-A4EE-8799CE6289D0" alt="Reuters" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0230401920070802"><H1>Consumer last to know about Mattel toy recall</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0230401920070802"><P>CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. consumers were unaware for days that retailers were pulling Elmo, Big Bird and other Mattel Inc. toys from shelves last week because of a potential lead-paint hazard.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0230401920070802"><P>Mattel said Wednesday it was recalling 1.5 million Chinese-made toys worldwide because their paint might contain too much lead. Of those, 967,000 were recalled in the United States.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0230401920070802"><P>It was not immediately clear how many of the toys were already in children's hands.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5B8E9226-DD88-48E3-89FA-0E1764810055/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>