More US recalls: Numerous toys with excessive lead

Wikinews
November 10, 2007

The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled more products over the last few days, though not all because of excessive lead.

While American toy companies have been rocked in the last few months by numerous unsafe Chinese-made products, mostly due to excessive amounts of lead in paint, a few of the latest recalls were actually due to design flaws.

Also recently recalled are toy cars from the Dollar General chain of price-point retailers.

Dragster and Funny Car toy

About 7,500 units have been made by International Sourcing Ltd (ISL), of Springfield, Missouri. The reason for the recall is "Surface paint on the wheels and engine of the toys contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard." The product was sold at National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) events through Schumacher Racing, and by Matco Tools through door to door sales by its representatives from March 2007 through September 2007. Consumers should immediately take the toy away from children, and return it to International Sourcing Ltd. for a full refund or replacement product. For additional information, contact International Sourcing Ltd at (877) 404-1584 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s Web site at www.islpromotions.com

This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.  This is an excerpt from "More US recalls: Fish pool toy rips fingernail off child, numerous toys with excessive lead" which listed several recalled toys.