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LEAD DANGER IN CHINESE TOYS |
Chinese toys may contain lead that
can damage brain
Chinese made toys in US are found
to contain dangerous substances like
lead.
June 25, 2007
Some of the highly popular
made-in-China toys are recalled in the
US causing alarm among parents and
consumer groups.
Twenty four kinds of toys manufactured
China have been recalled so far as
they are found to be containing
hazardous substances like lead coating
which can cause severe damage to kids’
brain.
According to reports, the recall
involves 1.5 million widely popular
Thomas & Friends trains and rail
components ( about 4 percent of all
those sold in the United States over
the last two years by RC2 Corp, Oak
Brook, Ill).
Toys made in China make up 70 to 80
percent of the toys sold in the
country, as per the estimates of Toy
Industry Association which represents
most American toy companies and
importers.
Low-price, no-brand-name toys that are
often sold at dollar stores and other
deep discounters are the worst
culprits. They are manufactured and
sent to the United States often
without the involvement of major
American toy importers.
Toy trains are made China directly
overseen by RC2 at plants it oversees.
One of the RC2 factories in Dongguan,
China, produces metal toys as well as
the wooden toys listed in the Thomas
recall.
It is not clear who operates the
factories making the Thomas & Friends
trains in Dongguan. The zone is run by
a group of Chinese or Hong Kong
suppliers. It also houses an office
building that bears the RC2 corporate
logo.
Other major toy industry companies hit
by recalls for products made in China
this year include Easy-Bake Ovens,
made by Hasbro, which could trap
children’s fingers in the oven and
burn them, and Target stores, which
the consumer product commission said
was importing and selling Anima Bamboo
collection games, some of which were
coated with lead paint.
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