High lead levels found in popular holiday toys
How safe are the toys on your holiday shopping list?
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Really?!?! A brown belt is the new popular holiday toy item? Kids are just dying to play with the sole of a flip-flop? I'm not saying that it's okay for there to be excess lead in any items, but isn't is a little irresponsible for you to use the headline "High Lead Levels Found in Popular Holiday Toys" when the truth is that they looked at over 250 items, and only came up with 7 strange items (and even then, only tiny parts of those items) that tested over the limits - and none of those.... More
I wonder if the lead levels were dangerously high last year or are they only dangerously high because of the CPSIA? Whose marker for dangerously high were they using? Would the child have to eat the whole Barbie Bike Flair Acessory kit for it to be a problem? Oh, wait. It really doesn't matter. The parents can't buy the bike that the Flair kit goes on anyway. The bike has dangerously high levels of lead in it!
Obviously, the CPSIA regulations has failed to protect our children. Mattel, who is being allowed to use an in-house lab for lead testing, continues to peddle lead-laced items, while small business owners are having to shut down due to the ridiculously high cost of compliance. This law was only passed to enable big business to get a step up, shut down the little guy, and make parents feel as if the government is doing something to protect children from harmful toys. In actuality, an.... More
