Oh, No! Elmo is Being Recalled!
Elmo and Friends Recalled!
Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling Elmo and many of his friends, including the Big Bird, Dora the Explorer and Diego - 83 types of toys in all. It turns out that their paint contains excessive amounts of lead.
Please note that the Elmo shown in the illustration here is a composite, and does not indicate that this particular mode is being recalled.
This global recall was announced Thursday 8/2/2007, and involves 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. It is the latest in a wave of recalls that has heightened global concern about the safety of Chinese-made products. This is the the first for Fisher-Price and its parent company Mattel Inc. involving lead paint. Children's products found to have more than .06 percent lead accessible to users are subject to a recall under the current regulations.
Please comment/buzz this photo if you find this info helpful. And if you know of anyone who has kids that may own one of the products being recalled, please pass it on.
See the full story here or here, along with instructions on how to proceed if you own one of the recalled products. And good luck explaining it to your kids...
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Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling Elmo and many of his friends, including the Big Bird, Dora the Explorer and Diego - 83 types of toys in all. It turns out that their paint contains excessive amounts of lead.
Please note that the Elmo shown in the illustration here is a composite, and does not indicate that this particular mode is being recalled.
This global recall was announced Thursday 8/2/2007, and involves 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. It is the latest in a wave of recalls that has heightened global concern about the safety of Chinese-made products. This is the the first for Fisher-Price and its parent company Mattel Inc. involving lead paint. Children's products found to have more than .06 percent lead accessible to users are subject to a recall under the current regulations.
Please comment/buzz this photo if you find this info helpful. And if you know of anyone who has kids that may own one of the products being recalled, please pass it on.
See the full story here or here, along with instructions on how to proceed if you own one of the recalled products. And good luck explaining it to your kids...
Technorati Tags: elmo, big bird, dora the explorer, fisher-price, mattel, lexidiem, jargontalk, recall, chinese imports, consumer products safety, cspc, no pule zone
And that was one fast comment - thanks!
The Emo that men do live after them while the good is oft interred with their bones.
Very informative, John!