Re: Lead in toy wrestlers - recall

[Guest guest]

I think avoiding toys from The Dollar Store and like stores is a good

idea for now.

Pam

> Subject: News From CPSC - Recall

> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:47:51 -0500

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> NEWS from CPSC

> U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

> Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207

>

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

> January 15, 2008

> Release #08-164

>

> Firm's Recall Hotline: (888) 822-8697

> CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772

> CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

>

> Toy Wrestler Figures Recalled by A.A. of America Due to Violation of

> Lead Paint Standard

>

> WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in

> cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary

> recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop

using

> recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

>

> Name of Product: Toy Wrestler Figures

>

> Units: 5,400

>

> Manufacturer: A.A. of America Inc., of East Brunswick, N.J.

>

> Hazard: The surface paint contains high levels of lead, violating

the

> federal lead paint standard.

>

> Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

>

> Description: The recalled toy is a package of four action figures.

Each

> figure is about 5 3/4 inches high. The UPC number 604111230003 is

> printed on the product's packaging.

>

> Sold at: Dollar stores and discount stores nationwide from January

2007

> through December 2007 for about $1.

>

> Manufactured in: China

>

> Remedy: Consumers should take the toy away from children

immediately and

> return it to the place of purchase for a full refund.

>

> Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact A.A. of

America

> toll-free at (888) 822-8697 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday

through

> Friday, e-mail the firm at recalls@..., or visit the firm's Web

> site at www.aatoys.com

>

> Note: CPSC was alerted to this hazard by New York State's Consumer

> Protection Board.

>

> To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the

> recalled products, please go to:

> http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08164.html

>

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>

> The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with

protecting

> the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from

more

> than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's

jurisdiction.

> Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents

> cost the nation more than $800 billion annually. The CPSC is

committed

> to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire,

> electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children.

The

> CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as

toys,

> cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals -

> contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of

> deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past

30

> years.

>

> To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call

CPSC's

> hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-

8270, or

> visit CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. To join a CPSC

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> subscription list, please go to www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx.

Consumers

> can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's Web site at

> www.cpsc.gov.

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