Toy Recalls

Wisconsinites Strike the First Blow

Jim Worth | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Florida, Governor Walker, David Prosser, Koch Industries, Democracy, Citizens United, Democrats, Toy Recalls, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Koch Brothers, JoAnne Kloppenburg, Voters, Michigan, Ohio, Republicans, Military-Industrial Complex, Politics News

The Supreme Court election in Wisconsin was the first battle in a protracted fight for democracy. Wisconsin voters, angered by recent political devel...

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Fisher-Price Recall 2010: 10 Million Kids' Products Recalled

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toys, Fisher-Price, Toy Recalls, Fisher-Price Recall, Fisher-Price Recall 2010, Fisher Price Recall, Fisher Price Recall 2010, Business News

WASHINGTON — Fisher-Price is recalling more than 11 million tricycles, toys and high chairs over safety concerns. The Consumer Product Safety C...

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Toy Recall: Report Says Small Batteries Are A Rising Danger

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Toy Recalls 2010, Toy Recall, Toy Recalled, Parenting, Dangerous Toys, Toy Safety, Toy Recalls, Safe Toys, Unsafe Toys, Healthy Living News

CHICAGO — Swallowing button batteries can be fatal or cause serious harm, and research suggests that severe injuries in children, though relativ...

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Keeping Our Children Safe this Holiday Season

Inez Moore Tenenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toy Recalls, Mattel Recalls, Product Recalls, China Recalls, Consumer Protection, Lead Recalls, China, Holidays, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, Holiday News, Business News

Fortunately, this year, you can holiday shop for your child or grandchild with more confidence than ever before. That's because there are new rules on your side and the side of America's children.

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Consumer Reports Floored By High-Tech Brakes After Toyota Recall

Scott Burgess | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toy Recalls, Toyota, Safety-Problems-Floor-Mats, Consumer Reports, Business News

The recent recall by Toyota of 3.8 million of vehicles has a lot of people scratching their heads; Floor mats, really?

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In the Dangerous Kitchen

Jeremy Haft | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food, Toy Recalls, Salmonella, Fda, Medicine, Melamine, China, World News

America is in dire peril when it comes to our food and drug supply. We're connected in one long chain with China, yet neither of us can effectively police quality.

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Obammunism

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Obama Communist, Toy Safety, Tainted Chinese Milk, Lead Paint Toys, China Olympics, Obama Shared Toys, Obama, China Toys, Mccain Obama Socialist, Sharing Toys, China Human Rights, Obama Communism, Barack Obama, Toy Recalls, Stereotypes, Obama Socialist Smear, Racial Stereotypes, Socialism, Obama Socialist, China, Toxic Toys, McCain Smear Campaign, Barack Obama Smears, Republican Smear Machine, Smears, China Opening Ceremonies, Communism Obama, Politics News

Like the Chinese, Obama is a Communist. So you know what that means, right? Obama not only shared his toys, but he, like the Chinese, first tainted them with lead paint.

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Mega Brands Recalls 2.4 Million Magnetic Toys

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Magtastik, Toy Recalls, Magnet Toys, Mega Brands, MagnaMan, Mega Brands Recall, Magnetix, Business News

Toy distributor Mega Brands Inc. recalled about 2.4 million Chinese-made toys Monday, because small magnets could fall out and cause internal damage. ...

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101 Dumbest Moments In Business

Fortune | Posted 05.25.2011

Ah, what a dumb year it was! Fortune chose the absolutely dumbest of the dumb that the gods of fate and humor delivered into our laps - and yours - th...

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Producer Of "Date Rape Drug" Toy Apologizes

New York Times | Keith Bradshure | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Date Rate Drug Toy Recall, Toy Recalls, Aqua Dots, Aqua Dots Recall, GBH, Date Rape Drug, Date Rate Drug Toy, Bindeez, Business News

The Hong Kong company that manufactured millions of poisonous toy beads in mainland China issued a public apology today, with the chairman saying that...

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How To Shop For Safe Toys This Holiday Season

Newsweek | Linda Stern | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Toy Recalls, Holiday Toy Shopping, Toy Safety, Healthy Living News

It's a tough year to be a toy-buying parent. In recent months, almost 25 million mostly Chinese-made toys have been recalled because they have dangero...

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Overwhelmed By Toy Recalls? Buy Video Games

Los Angeles Times | Alex Pham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lead Paint Toys, Mattel Recalls, Mattel, Video Games, Toy Recalls, Video Game Consoles, Video Game Industry, Business News

Kathleen Buczko, a mother of three, is the toy industry's Grinch this year. She plans to cut her spending on toys by 25%. To the video game industry,...

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Citizen Activists Help ID Unsafe Toys

New York Times | Louise Story | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Porduct Safety Commission, Toy Recalls, China Toys, China Recalls, Business News

When the Consumer Product Safety Commission ordered a recall of half a million pieces of lead jewelry yesterday, it had two unusual partners: Ward Sto...

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What Toys Are Safe?

CBS Early Show | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lead Paint Toys, Holiday Shopping, Toy Recalls, After Thanksgiving Sales, Safe Toys, Business News

Hannah Storm speaks with Julie Vallese from the Consumer Product Safety Commission about which products are actually safe in the midst of toy recalls ...

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EU: China Making Progress On Toy Safety

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toy Recalls, China Toys, Lead Recalls, Eu, Business News

China has made "considerable progress" in tackling exports of dangerous toys and other products after a string of recalls, the European Union's consum...

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Toy Containing "Date-Rape" Drug Pulled

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Date Rape Drug, Toy Recalls, Business News

Australian officials ordered a popular Chinese-made children's toy pulled from the shelves after scientists found it contained a chemical that convert...

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Mattel Recalls 155,000 Mexican-Made Toys

Reuters | Darren Ennis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mattel Inc, the world's largest toymaker, has recalled 155,000 of its products made in Mexico over safety concerns, an official at the company told Re...

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EBay Warns Sellers Hawking Recalled Toys

AP Via Time | RACHEL KONRAD | Posted 05.25.2011

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EBay Inc. said Tuesday it is sending notices to sellers hawking recalled items, warning that they could be kicked off the Web site and may have to for...

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More Chinese-Made Toys, Jewelry Recalled

AP | Christine Simmons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Products, Chinese Toys, Toy Recalls, Thomas & Friends Railway, Media News

Toys and children's necklaces made in China were recalled Wednesday, including five more items from the popular Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway produc...

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Mattel Apologizes To China Over Recalls, Take Full Blame

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S.-based toy giant Mattel Inc. issued an extraordinary apology to China on Friday over the recall of Chinese-made toys, taking the blame for design ...

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Toy Testers Work Overtime To Prep For Holidays

AP Via Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Holiday Toys, Toy Recalls, Toy Testers, Mattel, Business News

Gone is the 40-hour workweek at Specialized Technology Resources Inc. Boxes of toys are piling up in the middle of its testing lab, workers are coming...

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Ogilvy Offers China Pro-Bono Advice Over Recall Scandals

PR Week | Ted McKenna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Products, Toy Recalls, Ogilvy PR, Business News

In the wake of recalls involving fish, toothpaste, and other products exported from China, its government has been touting, through state-run media in...

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Disney To Start Testing Own Toys For Lead Paint

New York Times | Louise Story | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reacting to three separate recalls of Mattel toys found to contain unsafe levels of lead paint, The Walt Disney Company said it would begin its own te...

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