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Big Rex and Friends Cloth Books Test For Lead Paint
204,000 Big Rex and Friends cloth books have been recalled. Marketing giants such as Barnes & Noble, Toys “R” Us, Amazon, Borders and other retailers nationwide have been selling this trash from May 2004 through October 2009. These goodies cost around $9 so I can imagine that they are everywhere in terms of sheer numbers of homes.
This recall is more then a bit disturbing as it shows that products are still getting through our safety nets. Chinese manufactures are not held accountable for anything. I am sure that St. Martin’s Press LLC, of New York, N.Y. did not want this to happen. So who should be held responsible for these toxic IQ / future destroying products? Ultimately children and their parents will forced to carry this burden. Do you think St. Martin’s Press LLC will be pay for all of the ailments that the effects of lead poisoning? Which product gave you child lead poisoning exactly? You see that is a very hard question to answer as lead is cumulative. Can you prove that your child ingested the lead in this product or was it the extension cords or Christmas lights? Which ones failed a paint lead test?
Parents……Only you and your children will be bare this burden. I think its fire and pitchfork time. St. Martin’s Press is only a symptom of the greater problem. Nothing will change until the consequences for poisoning our children are so severe that product manufactures will be afraid to not do the right thing.
“To the person who wrote this disingenuous apology. Damn you and your apology.” |
If the CEO of a toy manufacturer poured poison in my sons juice box he would go to jail for the rest of her life. How is it that that same person, through negligence, produce a product that produces a similar outcome not go to jail?
Open Google and paste in “We apologize for this inconvenience. Big Rex and Friends Cloth Books.” To the person who wrote this disingenuous apology…..Fuck you and your apology. How about…. “We are sorry for the possible lifetime of hurt we have caused. We are sorry for the 4am screaming and crying that we have caused.” Damn you and your products.
Scott
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Super Rigs Play Sets Fail Test for Lead Paint
This toy truck’s surface paint contains high levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard and has been recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. No injuries have been reported related to this “product”. I will try to keep my comments to the specifics of this recall as this just pisses me off every time I read about these lead related recalls.
“This truck Failed the CSPC’s test for lead paint”Contact Variety Wholesalers at (800) 678-7776 for more information. |
The “Super Rig Transport” comes with with trailer and vehicles.Specifically the truck and trailer are multi-colored, holding two vehicles and two action figures. “Super Rigs Play Set” is labeled on the outside of the packaging. The box back has a bar code square with Item No. 67007, Made in China (Imagine that) and Bar Code 6-98567-67007-3. The bottom of the trailer has an engraved code 45TNGO9. This Truck was sold at discount stores in the Southeast from September 2009 through November 2009 for the handsome sum of $20.
Consumers should return this product for a full refund. You can contact Variety Wholesalers at (800) 678-7776 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s Web site at http://www.vwstores.com.
The CPSC is apparently interested in hearing about any incidents or injuries that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspxto report any problems.
For more information on the effects of lead poisoning visit my blog link or check out the EPAs website.
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Christmas Lights Fail Test for Lead Paint
Lead In Christmas Lights
As early as 2008 a lead study was performed by Lelia M. Coyne, a chemist and lead risk assessor in Nebraska, and Mark R. Pierce, a Cornell extension associate in Laquatra’s department (what ever that means). The two researchers did extensive lead tests on 10 sets of indoor/outdoor Christmas lights bought in the 1970’s and lights bought in the 2008. The lead levels where nearly indistinguishable. The 10 sets of lights had similar lead profiles even though they were bought almost 40 years apart. The test for lead paint that they used showed that 2-5 percent of the PVC jacketing contained lead. You can read more about this study here.
This year I tested every set of Christmas lights I could find. I did not find a single solitary set that did not turn our lead test kits red. You have got to be kidding me? How is this even possible?
“What I took away from the study was that there was no low safe level of lead in a child’s blood.” |
So I was reading about another study conducted by Jusko et al. in the mid nineties of children in Rochester New York. The study concluded that significantly lower IQs could be directly contributed to lead levels. What I took away from the study was that there was no low safe level of lead in a child’s blood . Lead, at every level, caused IQ problems.
I can’t stress this enough. Follow your doctors guidelines and get you child tested for lead. Replace your Christmas lights with certified lead free ones. If you don’t know that there is a problem than you can’t affect change. If you suspect anything in your house buy a Test for Lead Paint or get a professional to root out this plague/IQ robber.
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