Recalls on Chinese-made Toys
In the past few months, I’ve heard and read a lot of stories about companies recalling toys made in China. Most of these toys have been recalled because they contain high levels of lead or other chemicals that make them unsafe for children to play with.
Obviously, this isn’t new, and I’m sure this has been going on for years and years without the attention it is now getting in the news. This really makes me wonder how much lead and other dangerous chemicals I came into contact with playing with toys as a kid. I’m sure the rules have become stricter over the years, but as we’re seeing, the toys of today are being recalled for safety reasons, so I believe the toys of the past were even more dangerous.
I don’t really know what else to say about this, except I hope I don’t die an early death because I used to play with lead-infested toys…
Spencer "Skeptic" McCormack says:
I like this quote from one of your links, “Several injuries had been reported in an earlier Polly Pocket recall last November”.
I don’t know Rob, about the lead in the 80′s and 90′s. But probably. They probably didn’t say in 2005, “let’s increase the lead and other toxins in our plastic mix this year.”
Good investigative reporting robmaeder.com!
December 4th, 2007 at 7:43 pm