December 22, 2024
Business

Chinese-made toys recalled

WASHINGTON – More than a half-million Chinese-made products were recalled Thursday, including “Pirates of the Caribbean” and Baby Einstein toys, because they contain dangerous levels of lead.

Coin-shaped “Pirates of the Caribbean” flashlights and soft, textured Baby Einstein blocks were among the 544,000 products recalled, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced. The recall also includes Totally Me! Funky Room Decor Set decorating kits imported and sold by Toys “R” Us Inc. and a variety of wooden toys imported and sold by KB Toys Inc.

The flashlight’s leather strap, the back of the decorating kit’s mirror, the blue Baby Einstein block and the wooden toys have surface paint that contains high levels of lead, which is toxic if ingested by young children. Under current regulations, children’s products found to have more than .06 percent lead accessible to users are subject to a recall.

The recall also included cups shaped like Frankenstein’s head with high levels of lead in their surface paint. Other products not necessarily for children were: key chains by Dollar General Merchandising Inc. containing high levels of lead, as well as bookmarks and journals by Antioch Publishing with lead-tainted surface paint.


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