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My Michelle recalled about 90,000 girls' dresses and tops (example shown at right) sold at stores nationwide because the decorative trim and jewelry contain high levels of lead, the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) reported in a recent statement. Lead can be toxic to small children...
E&J Brandy warned consumers to stop using a stainless steel flask sold in its gift sets after lab tests on brandy stored in the flasks showed it contained lead, the company said in a release through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In people, high levels of lead can damage the nervous...
Candy Dynamics of Indianapolis expanded its recall to include all Toxic Waste brand Nuclear Sludge products after testing showed some of it had lead in levels higher than allowed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA said so far no one has reported getting sick from eating the super...
It almost sounds like a joke or science experiment gone awry: a sour candy called Nuclear Sludge Chew Bars under the Toxic Waste brand is recalled because a test showed the candy contained potentially toxic levels of lead. Candy Dynamics of Indianapolis is recalling all lots of the sour candy sold...
Walmart and Target have taken several children's products off their shelves nationwide after testing by an environmental advocacy group found they contained high levels of lead. Target pulled two toddler chairs and Walmart stopped selling bean bag chairs, foam beads and boxing gloves after the...
"Love Tester" mood rings and necklaces sold over the past five years are being recalled after testing showed they contain high levels of lead, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. About 23,000 were sold for about $4 across the country at small retail stores. They were imported from...
Kids enjoy jumping in them. Some parents like to rent them for birthday parties. But the California Attorney General's office says some bounce houses, also known as jumping castles, contain amounts of lead that violate federal and state regulations. California Attorney General Edmund Brown filed a...
Target has issued a recall for boys and girls belts because the buckles contain illegal levels of lead, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The boys belts were sold under the Cherokee brand and the girls belts were Circo brand. The boys' belts are black and brown reversible while the...
Wal-Mart, Sears, Target, Macy's and other major U.S. retailers are agreeing to follow standards expected to lower the level of lead -- a poisonous metal with potentially widespread toxic health effects -- in handbags and other fashion accessories. How does lead get into fashion goods in the first...
Daiso, a huge Japanese-owned retail chain with some 3,000 stores worldwide,has been accused of repeatedly violating federal safety laws while importing toys and other children's goods from China and Vietnam. The company has agreed to pay a $2 million penalty and, in an extraordinary move, was...

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