LeadPaint
This is the time of year when retailers can't seem to move product out of their stores fast enough, but now Walmart and Target are scrambling to get some of their merchandise back: Potentially tainted infant formula and a children's travel case that definitely has too much lead in its paint.
New lead rules may drive up home remodeling costs
10:00AM 2/17/2010
If you live in an older home and are planning any home remodeling projects, you might need to add some padding to your budget. This spring a new EPA requirement will mandate that special lead testing, work practices -- and extra expenses are also part of any home improvements done to homes built...
Toymaker Schylling accused of knowingly selling lead paint-tainted toys; agrees to $200,000 penalty
12:01AM 2/04/2010
Toymaker Schylling Associates, which makes classic toys including many with the Curious George and Thomas & Friends brands, was accused of knowingly selling tens of thousands of its products that had lead paint in violation of federal law, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission...
The maker of the popular Thomas & Friends painted wooden trains agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle charges that it sold 1.7 million toys that had more lead than permitted by federal law, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
The agreement was actually reached in September. CPSC...
Retail giant Target was hit with a $600,000 penalty by by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for importing and selling hundreds of thousands of toys with excessive levels of lead paint --violating a 30-year ban. Minneapolis-based Target Corp. agreed to the penalty to settle...
Just in case you were thinking about stuffing your mouth with anything Chinese that isn't General Tso's chicken -- Don't! Funtastic, a Texas-based novelty company, might have to re-brand itself under the name "Leadtastic," after it began to recall 26,000 fake hillbilly teeth that were manufactured...
Just in time for Easter, new toy recalls have popped up, sufficiently scaring both parents and the Easter Bunny. I spoke with the Easter Bunny earlier today and he said he's really exasperated with the situation. After all the publicity about unsafe toys containing lead and detachable parts, he's...
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