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Mattel at the time was the world's biggest toy company, [citation needed] and several weeks earlier had recalled toys based on Big Bird and Elmo from Sesame Street and Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer, due to lead paint it blamed on Lee Der. [18] Before hanging himself, he paid off all his 5,000 staff. [citation needed]
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) is releasing its report on the most dangerous recalled toys of the year. The scariest part? These toys may still be available to purchase.
Lead was often mixed into oil-based paints before 1978, the year lead paint was banned for residential use in the U.S. Over time, oil-based paints will crack in a distinctive alligator scale-like ...
Toymaker Schylling Associates, which makes classic toys including many with the Curious George and Thomas & Friends brands, was accused of knowingly selling tens of thousands of its products that ...
A million toys were recalled from American stores such as Toys R Us and Walmart. [2] The Mattel Company sent investigators to China. Mattel identified Lee Der Industrial company as the main supplier of the lead paint-tainted toys. [4] China immediately suspended the company's export license which had a devastating effect on the company's ...
Toy recalls are articles that feature toys requested from a manufacturer to return the products, usually from an individual product line. Pages in category "Toy recalls" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
HPD responds to 311 complaints about housing conditions, and will issue a lead paint violation if an inspector uncovers flaking or cracked paint in a unit with children under 6. However, most lead paint violations are the result of unrelated inspections by HPD officials who happen to notice dangerous conditions, according to Stephanie Rudolph ...
More than 21 million sets of the toys have been recalled in the United States with roughly a million more recalled in Canada. The recalled toy sets include "Make It Mini Appliances," all models ...