Australian toy recalls
There has been disturbing number of toy recalls in the last few week due to dangerous toys in the marketplace.
Today Mattel has announced yet another recall, 18 million toys including more than 460,000 in Australia, citing injuries to at least three children who swallowed small magnets that had broken loose.
2 weeks ago Fisher-Price toys, also made by Mattel, recalled characters including Dora the Explorer, Sesame Street’s Ernie and Barney the Dinosaur after they were found to be coated in dangerous levels of lead.
Last month there were the recall of the a popular range of Thomas the Tank Engine toys again due to toxic lead in their paintwork.
What on earth are these companies thinking, allowing lead paint to be used in the manufacture of our children’s toys?
For infomation of the various recalls and which products are effected
Mattel Polly Pocket and Cars recall
Fisher Price Dora and Sesame Street recall
Thomas the Tank Engine recall
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I sell toys on the internet and am new the toys business. Clearly, the number of recent and historical lead paint recalls is very disturbing. What I learned was that most of the recent recalls are due to the presence of lead in surface paint on the toy. The toy industry has for years been permitted by US government rules to put lead in toy paint in the under or prime coatings at a level if found in a surface coating would cauase a recall. We need to get the government out of making logical and technical regulations and just use common sense. It is simple NO LEAD IN OUR CHILDREN”S toys. The cost of using paint without lead costs pennies more per toy and as a dad (and a retailer) I am more than willing to pay the price to keep my child safe.