Lead-painted Halloween teeth among today's recalls

Sets of Halloween "ugly" teeth painted with lead paint are among recalls made today by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Also recalled were "Elite Operations" military-style action figures and accessories sold at Toys 'R' Us, "Galaxy Warriors" sold at Family Dollar stores and a "Ribbit" board game in which the game pieces are painted with lead. Of these, the recall of 43,000 sets of lead-painted teeth is most worrisome because ingesting lead has been linked to developmental and learning disorders. Of course, these lead-tainted products should be immediately taken away from children. Details of the recalls follow. For refund information, click on the title link.

“Ugly Teeth” party favors
How many: 43,000
Description: The fake Halloween teeth are painted white, black and orange with brown gums. They were sold as party favors in packages of eight. “Ugly Teeth,” “Amscan,” “Party Favors,” “Value Pack Party Favors,” UPC 0-48419-65002-7 and UPC 0-48419-61663-4 are printed on the packaging.
Reason: The surface paint on the teeth contains excessive levels of lead.
Sold by: Various retailers nationwide from January 2006 through October 2007 for about $2.
Made in: China
Importer: Amscan Inc., of Elmsford, N.Y.
Contact: Amscan Inc. at (800) 335-7585 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.amscan.com.

Elite Operations action figures
How many: 16,000
Description: Four military-style Elite Operations toys, including Super Rigs (#1004), Command Patrol Center (#1020), Barracuda Helicopter (#1023), and a three-pack of 8-inch figures (#1024). The product number is located on the toy’s packaging.
Reason: Surface coatings on the toys contain excessive levels of lead.
Sold by: Toys “R” Us stores nationwide and toysrus.com from July 2007 through October 2007 for between $10 and $30.
Made by: Toy World Group Ltd/Chun Tat Toys Factory Limited, of Guangdong, China.
Importer/Retailer: Toys “R” Us Inc., of Wayne, N.J.
Contact: Toys “R” Us at (800) 869-7787 between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. ET Monday through Saturday, and between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Sunday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.toysrus.com.

Galaxy Warriors action figures
How many: 380,000
Description: The posable spaceman figures are about 4½-inches tall and come with two accessories. They were sold in various colors including yellow, gray, silver, blue, green, gold, black, and red.
Reason: Surface paints on the recalled toys contain excessive levels of lead.
Sold by: Family Dollar Stores nationwide from January 2006 through October 2007 for about $1.
Made in: China
Distributor: Henry Gordy International Inc., of Plainfield, N.J.
Contact: Henry Gordy International toll-free at (888) 790-2700 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. CT Monday through Friday.

Ribbit board games
How many: 1,500
Description: SimplyFun Ribbit board games. The games are sold with five frog-shaped wooden pieces that act as pawns for movement. The wooden pieces are blue, red, green, yellow and lavender.
Reason: Surface paint on the five wooden pieces contain excess levels of lead.
Sold by: SimplyFun independent consultants nationwide from March 2007 through October 2007 for about $18.
Made in: China
Importer/Distributor: SimplyFun LLC, of Bellevue, Wash.
Contact: SimplyFun toll-free at (877) 557-7767 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.simplyfun.com.

Comments

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Why are the Nations Security allowing this to happen? Time and time again those China made products including food , toothpaste and toys are not stopped,I think China and its hazordous products should be boycott or unless the toy manufactors wants tons of lawsuits on them...