Lead Paint Spurs Massive Toy Recall

Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys - including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters - because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead.

[medicine man]

Quit trading with Chinese..

[Old Uncle Dave]

When profit is placed above all else, things like this are bound to happen from time to time.

[george]

We send the chinese worthless government bonds, they send us an assortment of products that will maim or kill us. Ya gotta love it.

[lycanmoon]

why? nothing tastes better than sucking on a toy with lots of brain numbing lead. my personal favorite.

[Capital Collapse]

All "Made In China" items are hazardous to the U.S. marketplace & workforce.

[RLM357]

More Chinese Crap! When are we going to put a Stop to this Industrial GREED chanpioned by WALMART. We are putting Our Lives in Jeopardy by this Chinese CRAP. Japan Never did this to us after WWII. ENOUGH ALREADY ! It's Time for Heavy Fines to be handed out! If it isn't the pourous Borders it's Chinese Imports. I recently bought a couple of U,S, Flags andwas appalled to discover that they were all made in China!. Poor SAM WALTON is spinning in his grave. He would only buy and sell Made in America Products. His son doesn't give a dang.

[Karen Daly]

Oh! That burns me up!!!!!

[george]

RLM357 wrote:

More Chinese Crap! When are we going to put a Stop to this Industrial GREED chanpioned by WALMART. We are putting Our Lives in Jeopardy by this Chinese CRAP. Japan Never did this to us after WWII. ENOUGH ALREADY ! It's Time for Heavy Fines to be handed out! If it isn't the pourous Borders it's Chinese Imports. I recently bought a couple of U,S, Flags andwas appalled to discover that they were all made in China!. Poor SAM WALTON is spinning in his grave. He would only buy and sell Made in America Products. His son doesn't give a dang.

What ever you do, DON'T eat those flags!

[undertaker]

In all my years I have known only two people that had lead poisoning. One was a aircraft painter in the Air Force and the other had worked in lead acid battery plant for twenty years plus handling the lead plates in new and used batteries and neither of them died. The government has people afraid of everything today.

[sclayto]

you would think the idiots in this country that run toy companies would realize that to save a few bucks and have toys made in china,that is what they use over there in there paint.stupid idiots.i hope it bites them in the rear and have to shell out a fortune.

[sclayto]

i am not from saint louis.i am from york, pa

[fred4fun]

RLM357 wrote:

More Chinese Crap! When are we going to put a Stop to this Industrial GREED chanpioned by WALMART. We are putting Our Lives in Jeopardy by this Chinese CRAP. Japan Never did this to us after WWII. ENOUGH ALREADY ! It's Time for Heavy Fines to be handed out! If it isn't the pourous Borders it's Chinese Imports. I recently bought a couple of U,S, Flags andwas appalled to discover that they were all made in China!. Poor SAM WALTON is spinning in his grave. He would only buy and sell Made in America Products. His son doesn't give a dang.

I hate to tell you, but WalMart is only one of many chain stores selling goods made in China. Go to any Big Lots, Family Dollar or any other Bargain Dollar store and remove from their shelves all items made in China and you will have an empty store. As long as Americans love bargains China will be selling their junk, no matter what the risk..... It's all Bush's fault (gotta blame somebody, might as well be him).

[dawg]

undertaker wrote:

In all my years I have known only two people that had lead poisoning. One was a aircraft painter in the Air Force and the other had worked in lead acid battery plant for twenty years plus handling the lead plates in new and used batteries and neither of them died. The government has people afraid of everything today.

Encouraging people to ignore the lead paint warnings, eh? Buisness a little slow?

[Simplified by an idiot]

As usual Bush is clueless to this fact that this points to the real enemy. Instead he atacks an easy enemy that commits suiside as an attack? Death goes on. So go into the back closet and Suck on that Butthead effigy that you have, America of the dunb. When you never get smart you will be like the rest of us...

[Ratsan]

Here again our worthless politicians do nothing to prevent poisons from entering our country from China. Lets see, its been human food,dog food with ethyl glycol, numerous recalls of toys painted with lead.And lets not forget the fake pharmaceuticals made from plasterboard they have sent us. Our people have died because there is no medication in the pills. I hope this episode cost Fisher- Price millions. The congress and senate are afraid to say anything to China for fear they will call in our 1/2 Trillion dollar loan we owe them for the Iraq war, thanks george.

[roberts]

when are you americans going to wake up and not buy a damn thing from China........Our AH leaders in washington are in bed with these guys, so don't expect them to do anything about getting their garbage out of here, don't buy it.

[rusty]

fred4fun wrote:

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I hate to tell you, but WalMart is only one of many chain stores selling goods made in China. Go to any Big Lots, Family Dollar or any other Bargain Dollar store and remove from their shelves all items made in China and you will have an empty store. As long as Americans love bargains China will be selling their junk, no matter what the risk..... It's all Bush's fault (gotta blame somebody, might as well be him).

Wal-Mart lead the way though.

WM does not have America's best interest at heart.

Sam's Club has many durable goods like lawn furniture, grills, house furniture, tools, etc. that is made in China. But that stuff sells for 70 to 80 percent over cost and Sam's Club says that they are selling it at the wholesale price?

I don't think so.

WM and China are going to destroy our economy if the US comsumers keep buying that trash.

No wonder gasoline is so high...We're causing China to buy it all up.

[rusty]

fred4fun wrote:

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..... It's all Bush's fault (gotta blame somebody, might as well be him).

Bill Clinton was in on that deal too.

Both parties are at fault.

[I Know Reality]

I just came from their website, and rather than offer a refund, they are offering vouchers for other products.

http://www.service.mattel.com/us/recall/39054...

But get this, the voucher doesn't included getting a licensed product, and yet, this is the items people specifically purchased "licensed."

No refund, and limited to what you can get with the voucher.

Amazing isn't it?

[Simplified by an idiot]

Ratsan wrote:

Here again our worthless politicians do nothing to prevent poisons from entering our country from China. Lets see, its been human food,dog food with ethyl glycol, numerous recalls of toys painted with lead.And lets not forget the fake pharmaceuticals made from plasterboard they have sent us. Our people have died because there is no medication in the pills. I hope this episode cost Fisher- Price millions. The congress and senate are afraid to say anything to China for fear they will call in our 1/2 Trillion dollar loan we owe them for the Iraq war, thanks george.

Agreed. Like I said one month a go. Remeber when we got upset that the troop withdrawal would not be in August, now pushed back till after Bush leaves office.

Buldoze Washington. Start a new capital.