| By now, I am sure many of you have heard | | | | China too? They probably were. Who was the |
| about the million of toys that Mattel has had | | | | Chinese manufacturer? You dont know ? I don't |
| to recall. The first recall was due to lead | | | | know either, but don't you think that is |
| paint. The second recall was due to the | | | | something that we should know?? Lead paint |
| magnets that were in the toys, together with | | | | can be found on jewelry as well: Claire's had |
| more lead paint recalls. All of these toys | | | | a recall a year ago due to lead paint. No one |
| were produced in China. | | | | walks around with a lead paint detector, so |
| | | | its hard for us to know whats contaminated |
| Let us look into this: | | | | and whats not. |
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| 1) China: Is there a law stating that all | | | | 4) Will this recall hurt Mattel? ABSOLUTELY!! |
| toys have to be made in China? No, people get | | | | I went to the store the other day to buy a |
| goods made in China because its cheaper, and | | | | toy. And then I put it back on the shelf |
| then the company sells the toys for 4X the | | | | because I saw that it was made by Mattel and |
| price and makes a significant profit. All | | | | it had a surface that was painted. Yes , toy |
| companies do this. Is it smart? Only, if you | | | | stores are supposed to take all of the |
| have Quality control and you are truly | | | | contaminated toys off of the shelves, but who |
| testing the batches to test for safety and | | | | is really checking to make sure that the toys |
| quality. | | | | get removed? Its probably the law to remove |
| | | | recalled items, but who is checking to ensure |
| 2) Lead Paint: Ok, so the toys had lead | | | | that the law is followed? |
| paint. Has anyone asked China where the lead | | | | |
| paint came from? Is it a paint that Mattel | | | | 5) Mattel and their behavior: Speaking from |
| gave to their manufacturers? Everyone is | | | | personal experience, the people at Mattel can |
| talking about how the toys are bad because | | | | be mean. Whenever I send letters to them, |
| they had lead paint. But doesn't anyone want | | | | they always send the letters back to me |
| to know where that lead paint came from, and | | | | unread and in the original envelope. I guess |
| what other items it is being used on? I know | | | | Mattel thinks they are too good to read |
| I want to know. | | | | outside letters. Thats a shame because I have |
| | | | seen the toys with the magnets and I knew |
| 3) How many other toy companies around the | | | | they could be dangerous but I didn't bother |
| world do you think have used the same Chinese | | | | to write to Mattel because I knew that they |
| company? I bet you there are a bunch. Mattel | | | | would send the letter back to me unread. You |
| and Hasbro are the biggest toy companies, but | | | | be the judge and tell me whats easier: |
| you have other companies like MGA | | | | reading a letter from a toy lover about a |
| Entertainment and other brands, like the | | | | potentially dangerous toy OR refusing to read |
| people who make the Wal-Mart toys, Kids | | | | letters and having to deal with a world wide |
| something, I cant recall the name. Has anyone | | | | recall? |
| checked to see if those toys were made in | | | | |