MamaGrizzly

I forgot about the Halloween toy/costume recalls.  There is an article on FoxNews about the recalls.  Below are some important highlights from the article.  The really scarey part is the number of parts listed in the article.  How many of you parents knew about these?  I read the news regularly and found many of these a surprise. 

 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued warnings on items such as witch and skull pails, cape costumes and pumpkin Mr. Potato Heads, saying they are unsafe for kids.

“We’ve tested 22 Halloween products, and three were found to have contained high levels of lead,”

About 142,000 purple witch buckets, manufactured by Family Dollar Stores in Charlotte, N.C., were recalled because of toxic lead levels found in the paint coating them. Also pulled were 55,000 candy-filled skull pails, made by R.L. Albert & Son of Greenwich, Conn.

Fake choppers called “Ugly Teeth” tested positive for lead too, with conflicting reports about whether the levels surpassed the limits set by the Food and Drug Administration.

How safe are you feeling about buying toys made in China?

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